The safest of the succinimide drugs and the only one still used in clinical practice is:
A. ethosuximide
B. haloperidol
C. phenothiazine
D. maprotiline
a
Rationale: Ethosuximide is generally considered to be the safest of the succinimide drugs and is the only succinimide still used in clinical practice. It is the drug of choice for the control of uncomplicated absence seizures.
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