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Certain therapeutic drugs have a long half life, which means that they can stay in the patient's circulation for a long time and accumulate to toxic levels, especially in renally compromised patients. Other drugs have a narrow range between therapeutic and adverse effects. On the other hand patient non-compliance can lead to levels below the therapeutic range, which is as undesirable.
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December 02, 2008
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Phenobarbital is a long-acting barbiturate used
to control convulsions caused by tonic-clonic
(grand mal), focal or psychomotor epileptic
seizures. It has been used for anxiety, insomnia
and gall bladder dysfunction or blockage. It is
the drug of choice for treatment of febrile
seizures and neonatal seizures in infants born
to opiate- or barbiturate-addicted mothers.
Additionally, it has been used prenatally and
postnatally to prevent and treat hyperbilirubinemia
(familial non-hemolytic, non-obstructive jaundice),
at birth to prevent intraventricular hemorrhage,
and diagnostically to distingui
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December 02, 2008
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Phenobarbital is a long-acting barbiturate used to control convulsions caused by tonic-clonic (grand mal), focal or psychomotor epileptic seizures. It has been used for anxiety, insomnia and gall bladder dysfunction or blockage. It is the drug of choice for treatment of febrile seizures and neonatal seizures in infants born to opiate- or barbiturate-addicted mothers. Additionally, it has been used prenatally and postnatally to prevent and treat hyperbilirubinemia (familial non-hemolytic, non-obs
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March 03, 2009
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