PHAR 301 Lecture 3: PHAR 301 - lecture 3 (Clarke)

• School: McGill University
• Department: Pharmacology and Therapeutics
• Course: PHAR 301
• Professor: Barbara Hales

Document Summary

Phar 301: lecture 3 drugs for epilepsy (clarke) Eizures (cid:894)(cid:862)fits(cid:863)(cid:895): temporary alterations in brain function associated with: changed mental state, tonic or clinic movements, abnormal electrical activity in the brain. Convulsions: a type of seizure always accompanied by involuntary jerking movements: convulsions are a more restricted form of seizures; not all seizures cause jerking movements. Epileps(cid:455): deri(cid:448)es fro(cid:373) greek; (cid:862)seize, atta(cid:272)k(cid:863) (cid:894)(cid:374)eurolepti(cid:272)(cid:895) Seizures are very common in young children and also in adulthood. Epilepsy is characterized by: seizures, abnormal brain activity, spontaneous, and recurrent people can have one seizure in life and never become epileptic. To(cid:374)i(cid:272) (cid:272)lo(cid:374)i(cid:272) seizures used to (cid:271)e (cid:272)alled (cid:858)the falli(cid:374)g i(cid:272)k(cid:374)ess(cid:859) i(cid:374) the middle ages. Febrile seizure: seizures that occur during fever. Lifetime prevalence: proportion of people who have a certain disease at some time in their life. Famous epileptics: socrates, cardinal richelieu, caesar, joan of arc, van gogh, charlie chaplin. Diagnosis of epilepsy type is not easy --> eeg is useful.