Dilantin
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She was put on Dilantin to control them.
From New York Times • Apr. 16, 2012
When Dilantin was first used as an antiepileptic drug in 1938, its success steered medical minds toward pharmaceutical solutions.
From New York Times • Nov. 19, 2010
DeVries immediately placed Clark on a respirator and then injected him with the tranquilizer Valium and Dilantin, an anticonvulsant medication most commonly used to control epilepsy.
From Time Magazine Archive
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In all, 73 patients benefited greatly from carbamazepine alone; four more improved when a modest dose of Dilantin was added.
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Antiseizure medications like Dilantin, commonly used to treat epilepsy, can help calm the spasmlike facial pain of trigeminal neuralgia.
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