"Anticonvulsants" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Drugs used to prevent SEIZURES or reduce their severity.
| Descriptor ID |
D000927
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.505.954.427.080
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| Concept/Terms |
Anticonvulsants- Anticonvulsants
- Anticonvulsive Agents
- Agents, Anticonvulsive
- Anticonvulsive Drugs
- Drugs, Anticonvulsive
- Anticonvulsant Drugs
- Drugs, Anticonvulsant
Antiepileptic Agents- Antiepileptic Agents
- Agents, Antiepileptic
- Antiepileptics
- Antiepileptic Drugs
- Drugs, Antiepileptic
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Anticonvulsants" by people in Profiles.
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Effectiveness and safety of perampanel by concomitant antiseizure medications: Insights from the real-world PERMIT Extension study. Epilepsy Behav. 2025 Oct; 171:110651.
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Exploring proposed recommendations for immediate-use seizure medication: Treating both cluster and prolonged seizures with diazepam nasal spray. Epilepsia Open. 2025 Aug; 10(4):999-1008.
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Outpatient management of prolonged seizures and seizure clusters to prevent progression to a higher-level emergency: Consensus recommendations of an expert working group. Epileptic Disord. 2024 Aug; 26(4):484-497.
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Proposed anti-seizure medication combinations with rufinamide in the treatment of Lennox-Gastaut syndrome: Narrative review and expert opinion. Seizure. 2023 Aug; 110:42-57.
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PROVE: Retrospective, non-interventional, Phase IV study of perampanel in real-world clinical care of patients with epilepsy. Epilepsia Open. 2022 06; 7(2):293-305.
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Long-term safety and efficacy of cannabidiol in children and adults with treatment resistant Lennox-Gastaut syndrome or Dravet syndrome: Expanded access program results. Epilepsy Res. 2019 08; 154:13-20.
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Flavonoids isolated from Tibetan medicines, binding to GABAA receptor and the anticonvulsant activity. Phytomedicine. 2018 Nov 15; 50:1-7.
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Frequency of epileptiform EEG abnormalities in a sequential screening of autistic patients with no known clinical epilepsy from 1996 to 2005. Epilepsy Behav. 2006 Feb; 8(1):267-71.