An 8-year-old male patient with no significant pathological history was admitted with complaints of generalized abdominal pain associated with a single emetic episode of food content, including diaphoresis, mucocutaneous paleness, dizziness, dysarthria, incoherent speech, no eye contact, and no other neurological symptoms like loss of consciousness, abnormal movements or sphincter relaxation.
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b) Carbamazepine
Carbamazepine has become a commonly used antiepileptic agent in the pediatric population. It is considered a drug of choice for not only partial seizures but also for primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures. The pharmacokinetic profile in children is similar to that in adults, but the half-life in long-term pediatric therapy is between 6 and 12 hours, compared with 15 hours in adults.
