primidone
IPA: primidˈoʊni
noun
- (pharmacology) An anticonvulsant drug chemically related (and partially metabolized) to phenobarbital, used in the treatment of epilepsy and essential (idiopathic) tremor.
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Examples of "primidone" in Sentences
- Primidone has been used in cerebral palsy.
- Your Primidone article is clearly a labour of love.
- Two trials of primidone for athetosis have been published.
- The mechanism of Primidone's antiepileptic action is not known.
- In addition to all of the above, primidone can cause arthralgia.
- Like phenytoin, primidone is rarely associated with lymphadenopathy.
- The effect of primidone in essential tremor is not mediated by PEMA.
- Only propranolol has been compared to primidone in a clinical trial.
- By 1994, primidone was no longer one of the most widely used anticonvulsants.
- Primidone has other cardiovascular effects in beyond shortening the QT interval.