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QuestionChoice
Incorrect - This patient demonstrates absence seizures. Lamotrigine is the second-line in absence seizure treatment. It is also used to treat generalised seizures in pregnant women and bipolar disorder. It is a sodium channel blocker.
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b
Lamotrigine
QuestionChoice
Incorrect - This patient demonstrates absence seizures. Vigabatrin inhibits GABA breakdown. It is used as an epilepsy adjunct and increases the available levels of GABA within the system.  It is not the first-line treatment for absence seizures.
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d
Vigabatrin
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Incorrect - This patient demonstrates absence seizures. Midazolam is the treatment for status epilepticus within the community. It is a benzodiazepine. It is not the first line treatment for absence seizures.
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c
Midazolam
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Incorrect - This patient demonstrates absence seizures. Flumazenil is used to reverse the effect of benzodiazepines, and is a competitive antagonist. It is not the first line treatment for absence seizures.
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e
Flumazenil
QuestionChoice
Correct - This patient demonstrates absence seizures. Ethosuximide is the first-line drug in the treatment of absence seizures. It is an antiepileptic and calcium channel blocker. The other first-line drug for absence seizures is sodium valproate.
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a
Ethosuximide
Concept
Chapter
2693
4665
Treatment of Absence Seizures
Topic
172
Pharmacology of the Nervous System
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A 6-year-old girl is taken to see the GP after her school teacher noticed that she seems to ‘go blank’ in lessons. These episodes last for around thirty seconds, and when they come on the child is not responsive to voice. Afterward, she resumes her normal activities as if nothing had happened.

Which of the following drugs is first-line management for this condition?
a