Word: dilantin
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...operations of various kinds. No fewer than 41 patients enjoyed relief of pain within a few hours, and many got along on three or four tablets a day. Others needed increased doses. In all, 73 patients benefited greatly from carbamazepine alone; four more improved when a modest dose of Dilantin was added...
...cortex. A patch of the cerebral cortex-the brain's command post -gets irritated, and sends out waves of involuntary impulses. On the receiving end, the body muscles respond with spasmodic convulsions-the epileptic seizure. In the average victim, the seizure passes within five minutes. Drugs, among them Dilantin and phenobarbital, eliminate seizures in 50% of cases, reduce them in another...