NOT of use in bipolar disorder: September 2012
B i.e. Phenytoin Phenytoin It acts to suppress the abnormal brain activity seen in seizure by reducing electrical conductance among brain cells by stabilizing the inactive state of voltage-gated sodium channels. Aside from seizures, it is an option in the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia in the event that carbamazepine or other first-line treatment seems inappropriate. It is sometimes considered a class lb antiarrhythmic.
Carbamazepine
Phenytoin
Sodium valproate
Lamotrigine