Drug of choice for Absence attacks is: (A) Phenytoin, (B) Primidone, (C) Ethosuximide, (D) Phenobarbitone
Answer is C. - DOC for Absent seizures: Typical - Ethosuximide Atypical & in India - Sodium valproate If nothing is mentioned in question then DOC is Ethosuximide Drug of choice for: Focal seizures : oxcarbamazepine and carbamazepine; Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy: valproate and lamotrigine; Lennox-Gastaut syndrome: clobazam, valproate, topiramate, lamotrigine, and, most recently, as add on, rufinamide Infantile spasms: adrenocoicotropic hormone (ACTH).