"Primidone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An antiepileptic agent related to the barbiturates; it is partly metabolized to PHENOBARBITAL in the body and owes some of its actions to this metabolite. Adverse effects are reported to be more frequent than with phenobarbital. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p309)
| Descriptor ID |
D011324
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.742.698.253.650.700
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| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Primidone" by people in Profiles.
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Epilepsy in the United Kingdom: seizure frequency and severity, anti-epileptic drug utilization and impact on life in 1652 people with epilepsy. Seizure. 2004 Sep; 13(6):425-33.
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Massive crystalluria in a patient taking primidone. Ann Emerg Med. 1999 Jun; 33(6):726-7.