Convulsants

DBCAT000901Pharmacologic class

Substances that act in the brain stem or spinal cord to produce tonic or clonic convulsions, often by removing normal inhibitory tone. They were formerly used to stimulate respiration or as antidotes to barbiturate overdose. A DrugBank category of 8 drugs. 2 of them are approved.

Also known as: Convulsant Effect · Convulsant Effects · Effect, Convulsant · Effects, Convulsant
Drugs: Bemegride
Bicuculline
Flurothyl
Nikethamide
Pentetrazol
Phenibut
Picrotoxin
Strychnine

What you can answer from here — as of August 24, 2016

8DrugsEach linked to its full drug card

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14Drug targetsEvery drug–target pair in the class, with bond type

5Marketed productsAcross the regions we cover, with dosage forms and routes

1Route of administrationHow the drugs in this class are given

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