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ATC CODE N03AB05

FOSPHENYTOIN

Fosphenytoin is a water-soluble phenytoin prodrug used only in hospitals for the treatment of epileptic seizures. It works by slowing down impulses in the brain that cause seizures. Its main mechanism …

Chemical structure of FOSPHENYTOIN

Φαρμακολογικό Προφίλ

Πηγή: DrugBank

Περιγραφή & Ένδειξη

Fosphenytoin is a water-soluble phenytoin prodrug used only in hospitals for the treatment of epileptic seizures. It works by slowing down impulses in the brain that cause seizures. Its main mechanism is to block frequency-dependent, use-dependent and voltage-dependent neuronal sodium channels, and therefore limit repetitive firing of action potentials.

Κύρια Ένδειξη

For the control of generalized convulsive status epilepticus and prevention and treatment of seizures occurring during neurosurgery. It can also be substituted, short-term, for oral phenytoin.

Χρόνος Ημιζωής

Fosphenytoinhasahalf-lifeofapproximately15minutes.

Fosphenytoin has a half-life of approximately 15 minutes.

Σύνδεση Πρωτεϊνών

Extensively bound (95% to 99%) to human plasma proteins, primarily albumin.

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Μηχανισμός Δράσης

Fosphenytoin is a prodrug of phenytoin and accordingly, its anticonvulsant effects are attributable to phenytoin. Phenytoin acts on sodium channels on …

Οδός Αποβολής

Phenytoin derived from administration of Cerebyx is extensively metabolized in the liver and excreted in urine primarily as …

Όγκος Κατανομής

* 4.3 to 10.8 L

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