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Subject: Re: [UK-W&H] 'Lock up Moor Street' Birmingham Parish?
Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2002 10:09:29 +0000
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From Andrew Roberts
web address: http://www.mdx.ac.uk/www/study/
Dear Andrea and Penny
I have omitted the old medical web link from this copy of my email
as I find that someone has connected the site to links that tie your
computer up. I had given the information from the site in my email
anyway (below). I hope no one has tried the site and got tied up
following links. (Sorry if you have) I only got out by closing my
computer down and starting up.
Here is the email without the link:
It would be potassium bromide, I think. This is a summary from the
web site
Drugs for Epilepsy
The choice of drugs for epilepsy depends first on the type of
seizures you have. Most patients have what is termed partial
epilepsy, meaning that the seizure starts in a particular spot on the
brain. It may spread and involve other areas, or even the entire
brain (a generalized tonic-clonic, or grand mal, seizure). Most
available drugs treat partial epileptic seizures.
The other category of seizures is called generalized because the
seizure appears to start everywhere at once. Important seizure
types in this category are absence (petit mal) seizures, tonic
seizures (consisting of sudden stiffening all over), and myoclonic
seizures (in which the patient experiences a sudden jerk of the
entire body, which can occur repeatedly). Some drugs that treat
partial seizures can make generalized seizures worse, but other
drugs treat both partial and generalized seizures.
The Old School
Potassium bromide was the first effective drug used for epilepsy
and was developed in the mid-nineteenth century. It helped to
control seizures but caused such severe sedation and long-term
toxicity that it is no longer in use.
Phenobarbital: Phenobarbital was introduced early in the twentieth
century and is still used today, primarily for partial seizures. It is in
the barbiturate class and therefore can cause sedation, although
most patients become tolerant to this over time. Phenobarbital is
only available as a generic drug. The usual daily adult dose is 90 to
200 milligrams, taken in a single dose. A related drug, primidone
(Mysoline), was introduced in 1954.
On 20 Jul 02, at 4:25, wrote:
In a message dated 20/07/2002 09:20:57 GMT Daylight Time,
writes:
> 'Pot
> Bromn'?
>
I sincerely hope it wasn't
Potassium Bromine (bromide)!!!
Penny
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