Which is a treatment of juvenile myoclonic epilepsy in pregnancy?: (A) Levetiracetam, (B) Carbamazepine, (C) Vigabatrin, (D) Phenytoin
Answer is A. A unique anticonvulsant which suppresses kindled seizures but is ineffective against rna'-'electroshock or PTZ. Clinical efficacy has been sh,,*. -adjuvant medication in refractory paial seizure,; or without secondary generalization. None of the __ anticonvulsant mechanisms of action appear applicable to levetiracetarn. Ref KD Tripati 8th ed.