Definition
Anticonvulsant drugs are medicines used to prevent or treat convulsions (seizures).
Purpose
Anticonvulsant drugs are used to control seizures in people with epilepsy. Epilepsy is not a single disease-it is a set of symptoms that may have different causes in different people. The common thread is an imbalance in the brain’s electrical activity. This imbalance causes seizures [...]
Definition
Anticoagulants are drugs used to prevent clot formation or to prevent a clot that has formed from enlarging. They inhibit clot formation by blocking the action of clotting factors or platelets. Anticoagulant drugs fall into three categories: inhibitors of clotting factor synthesis, inhibitors of thrombin and antiplatelet drugs.
Purpose
Anticoagulant drugs reduce the ability of the blood [...]
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