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Title | PHENYTOIN (DILANTIN) |
Specimen Requirement | <p>SEE DILANTIN</p> |
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Clinical Use | <p>Anticonvulsant drugs are those used to treat epilepsy as well as seizure disorders that are secondary to other diseases. The most common anticonvulsants are Phenytoin and Phenobarbital for major motor seizures. Phenytoin is used in the treatment of primary or secondary generalized tonic-clonic seizures (whole brain seizures), simple partial (focal cortical seizures), or complex partial seizures (temporal lobe seizures), and epilepsy.</p> |
Test Code | DIL |
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