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View Post: NU 300 Final / Flashcards - Create Free Flashcards
8 hours ago by ericaoswalt  
Phenytoin MOA, moa inhibits... 11. Phenytoin Uses/ Class, Used to treat epilepsy Antiepileptic... 2. Phenytoin Adverse Effects, adverse affects ... 12. Phenytoin Contraindications, Contraindications . ...
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View Post: CHMP recommends product information for oral phenytoin updated to ...
30 Nov 2009
The CHMP Pharmacovigilance Working Party (PhVWP) has concluded that oral phenytoin should only be used in patients of Thai or Han Chinese ethnic origin known to be positive for HLA-B*1502 allele only if the benefits are considered to ...
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View Post: Lynn Hadaway Associates, Inc.: Treatment of Phenytoin Extravasation
14 Oct 2009 by Lynn Hadaway Associates, Inc.  
Can you please recommend an authoritative resource that indicates the standard of care related to the application of warm, dry heat, cool or cold compresses to an extremity post phenytoin (Dilantin) extravasation? ...
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View Post: CYP2C9*1B promoter polymorphisms, in linkage with CYP2C19*2 ...
23 Oct 2009 by Chaudhry, AS, Urban, TJ, Lamba, JK, Birnbaum,...  
The commonly prescribed antiepileptic drug phenytoin has a narrow therapeutic range and wide inter-individual variability in clearance explained partially by CYP2C9 and CYP2C19 coding variants. After finding a paradoxically low urinary ...
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View Post: Antiretroviral Contraindications and Drug Interactions - MPR
29 Nov 2009
Delavirdine levels may be decreased by phenytoin, phenobarbital, carbamazepine, rifabutin, rifampin, chronic H2 antagonists or PPIs, dexamethasone, St. John's wort: not recommended; didanosine and vice versa (separate dosing by at least ...
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View Post: Dilantyn (phenytoin) question…
26 Nov 2009 by admin  
A friend is taking Dilantyn and I'm worried about the side effects of it…. I'd like to be able to tell him why he should stop it, so any help would be appreciated… Thanx in advance ...
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View Post: Darrin's Blog: Dilantin vs Phenytoin
5 Sep 2009 by DC  
In my case, I was switched from the anticonvulsant Dilantin to it's generic version Phenytoin. Here's the confusing part: "dilantin" IS "phenytoin", Dilantin is the brand name of the original drug approved by the FDA. ...
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