anticonvulsant
adjective
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Definition of anticonvulsant
: used or tending to control or to prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy)
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The Food and Drug Administration has approved one purified form of CBD as a prescription anticonvulsant medication, Epidiolex. — Joe Graedonteresa Graedon, The Seattle Times, "Food go down the wrong tube? Try sipping cola," 28 Nov. 2018 That might mean taking antihypertensive medications to lower your blood pressure, corticosteroids to temporarily improve your liver and platelet function, or anticonvulsant medication to try to help prevent a seizure, the Mayo Clinic says. — Korin Miller, SELF, "What You Need to Know About Toxemia, the Scary Complication Beyonc茅 Had While Pregnant With Twins," 6 Aug. 2018 Lamotrigine is an anticonvulsant drug that is often used with other medications to help with symptoms of depression. — Heather Finn, Good Housekeeping, "Woman Claims Her Skin "Melted Off" After She Was Given the Wrong Dosage of Medication," 10 May 2017 Dravet is difficult to treat, even with anticonvulsant medicines, and can sometimes be fatal. — Jonathan Saltzman, BostonGlobe.com, "Startup seeks answers to insidious form of epilepsy," 16 May 2018 Some also had depression, anxiety or neurological disorders, and were being treated with antidepressant, antipsychotic or anticonvulsant medications. — Amanda Macmillan, Time, "Herbal Supplements May Be Dangerous When You Take Certain Prescription Drugs," 24 Jan. 2018 Possible treatments include blood pressure drugs like beta-blockers; anticonvulsant agents like topirimate (Topamax); and tricyclic antidepressants like imipramine (Tofranil). — Jane E. Brody, New York Times, "Giving Migraine Treatments the Best Chance," 18 Sep. 2017 Lamotrigine is an anticonvulsant drug that is often used with other medications to help with symptoms of depression. — Heather Finn, Good Housekeeping, "Woman Claims Her Skin "Melted Off" After She Was Given the Wrong Dosage of Medication," 10 May 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'anticonvulsant.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for anticonvulsant
anticonvulsant
noun
an路ti路con路vul路sant
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also anticonvulsive \ -siv
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Medical Definition of anticonvulsant
(Entry 1 of 2)
: an anticonvulsant drug
anticonvulsant
adjective
variants:
also anticonvulsive
Medical Definition of anticonvulsant (Entry 2 of 2)
: used or tending to control or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy)