Question

Questions: 1. Discuss the general goals of the treatment of epilepsy and some of the problems commonly encountered in reaching them. Discuss social and occupational factors, not just the pharmacologic factors. 2. Discuss a generally accepted drug plan for intervening in status epilepticus (generalized convulsive) and state why prompt suppression seizures is essential but insufficient as the only goal. 3. Discuss why phenobarbital is no longer the drug of choice for epilepsy. (What are the disadvantages or serious risks of this drug?) 4. Discuss the drug treatment for Parkinson's disease (PD), and discuss the current consensu on which agent or agents are recommended for initiating therapy in most patients with PD. 5. Discuss the interrelationships between the central nervous system (CNS) activities of dopamine and acetycholine as they affect the signs and symptoms of Parkinsonism and as they relate to the general biochemical approach to correcting neurotransmitter imbalances with anti-Parkinsonian drugs.

Answer 1

1) Epilepsy is a disorder which resulted form disturbed nerve cell activity in brain which causes seizures in a person.

We know we considers treatment as complete recovery from a disease but epilepsy complete elimination of seizures is not possible and trying may result in side-effects.Treatment include reducing the seizures so the patient can live a normal life.

Social and occupational problems which result in increased risk are taht low income ad lack of awareness increased the risk of epilepsy.Socio economical factors make the person to work in hazardous place which will increase the risk of hospitilation.

And using multiple drugs for epilepsy may cause drugs to react with each other and cause drug toxicity.