Ethosuxamide is the drug of choice for:
Correct Answer: Absence seizures
Description: Answer is C (Absence seizures): Ethosuxamide is primary agent for the treatment of Absence seizures (Petitmal). Ethosuxamide is paicularly effective in the treatment of absence seizures, but it is not useful for generalized tonic clonic seizures or paial seizures' - Harrisons 17th/ 2509 Ethosuxamide is a primary agent for the treatment of Absence seizures' -Goodman & Gillman Selection of Antiepileptic Drugs: Agents Primary Paial' Absence Atypical Generalized Tonic-Clonic Absence, Myoclonic, Atonic Valproic acid Carbamazepine Valproic acid Valproic acid Lamotrigine Phenytoin Ethosuxamide Lamotrigine First-Line Topiramate Lamotrigine Topiramate Oxcarbazepine Valproic acid Levetirucetamb Lamotrigine Clonazepam Phenytoin Topiramate Clonazepam Felbamate Alternatives Carbamazepine Tiagabineb Oxcarbazepine Zonisamideb Phenobarbital Gabapentin Primidone Phenobarbital Felbamate Primidone 'Includes simple paial, complex paial, and secondarily generalized seizures. bAs adjunctive therapy.
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