KROK 1 2012 – Question 119 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
A patient with epilepsy and depressive reaction has been administered a drug that reduced epilepsy manifestations and improved the patient’s psychic condition.
- A. Ethosuximide
- B. Phenobarbital
- C. Phenytoin
- D. Amitriptyline
- E. Sodium valproate
Hint
The patient needs one drug that acts on both problems; consider which anticonvulsants also help affective symptoms and which classes might lower the seizure threshold or worsen mood.
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