Mechanism of action
It is metabolised in body to phenobarbitone and phenyl ethyl malonamide (PEMA). The antiepileptic action is similar to phenobarbitone.
Primidone is a first-generation barbiturate type antiepileptic medication developed to treat seizures, commonly for partial and generalized seizures. Nowadays, it is not prescribed as first-choice to treat psychomotor, grand mal, and focal epileptic.
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