Anticonvulsants
We have come along way since the use of paraldehyde in 1882 and clobazam in 1979 in women for catamenial epilepsy. Anticonvulsants are a diverse group of agents used to treat epilepsy, bipolar, borderline personality disorders and neuropathic pain. It is therefore not too uncommon to see them present to the emergency department either as an acute overdose of chronic toxicity.
Toxicology Library
DRUGS and TOXICANTS
Dr Neil Long BMBS FACEM FRCEM FRCPC. Emergency Physician at Kelowna hospital, British Columbia. Loves the misery of alpine climbing and working in austere environments (namely tertiary trauma centres). Supporter of FOAMed, lifelong education and trying to find that elusive peak performance.