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The clinical pharmacology of traditional antiepileptic drugs Volume 16, issue 4, December 2014

TEST YOURSELF


(1) Which one of the following drugs exhibits its antiepileptic effect at the cell membrane chloride ion-GABA receptor complex?
A. Carbamazepine
B. Ethosximide
C. Phenobarbitone
D. Phenytoin


(2) Which one of the following drugs has elimination properties that make it most likely to achieve steady-state concentrations in the human body most quickly?
A. Carbamazepine
B. Ethosuximide
C. Phenobarbitone
D. Valproate


(3) Which one of the following drugs is not cleared from the body almost entirely by metabolism to inactive molecules?
A. Carbamazepine
B. Ethosuximide
C. Phenytoin
D. Valproate

 

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Answers


(1) C. Phenobarbitone


(2) D. Valproate


(3) B. Ethosuximide

 

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