The nursing instructor is discussing absence seizures and how to treat them in children. A student asks the difference between ethosuximide and methsuximide, the drugs used to control absence seizures. What is the instructor's best response?
A) "Ethosuximide has more severe adverse effects than methsuximide."
B) "Seizures are more refractory to methsuximide."
C) "There is no real difference in the drugs."
D) "Methsuximide has more severe adverse effects than ethosuximide."
D
Feedback:
Ethosuximide and methsuximide are indicated for the control of absence seizures. Ethosuximide should be tried first; methsuximide should be reserved for the treatment of seizures that are refractory to other agents because it is associated with more severe adverse effects.
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