Mankhwala a antiepileptic ndiwo mankhwala omwe amatha kuteteza chitukuko cha kugwidwa kapena kuchepetsa kupirira kwawo kwa odwala omwe akudwala matenda a khunyu . Amachita mwa kupondereza mu ubongo kukondweretsa kwambiri ndi mofulumira kwa neuroni mu ubongo, kumene chiyambi chimayambira.
Kodi mankhwala osokoneza bongo amatha bwanji?
Mfundo yaikulu ya mankhwala omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito pa khunyu ndi kuchepetsa mofulumira pafupipafupi. Koma njira zonse za gulu lino zikuwonetseratu zoletsera za ntchito za matendawa. Chida cha mankhwala oterewa chimakhala ndi magulu a antiepileptic mankhwala. Akhoza:
- kulimbikitsa ntchito ya zowonongeka;
- ziletsa maulendo obwezeretsa;
- zimakhudza mwachindunji machitidwe a magetsi.
Zotsatira zambiri zomwe zimawoneka pambuyo poyambitsa antiepileptic mankhwala ndizochepa. Kungakhale kutopa, phindu lolemera kapena chizungulire. Koma nthawi zina, chithandizo chamankhwala cha khunyu kumabweretsa chitukuko cha psychosis kapena kupsinjika maganizo. Ndicho chifukwa chake, pamene munthu ayamba kutenga machiritso atsopano a khunyu, mlingowo umayendetsedwa kuti njira yabwino komanso yogwira ntchito ya mankhwala imapezeke m'magazi. Monga lamulo, mu gawo loyambalo la mankhwala, mankhwala ochepa kwambiri a mankhwalawa amalembedwa, omwe amatsimikiziridwa ndi theka la moyo wa mankhwala.
Kodi ndi mankhwala otani a antiepileptic omwe amalembedwa?
Pakalipano, mankhwala osokoneza bongo amasiku ano amavomerezedwa kuti azithetsa khunyu. Dokotala nthawi zonse amalimbikitsa mankhwala, pogwiritsa ntchito zifukwa zingapo:
- Mtundu wa kugwidwa ndi matenda. Mankhwala ena a antiepileptic a m'badwo wakale kapena watsopano amathandiza kuthetsa vuto lalikulu lomwe limagwera (mwachitsanzo, Ethosuximide), pamene ena amalembedwa kwa iwo amene abwereza mobwerezabwereza
(Rufinamide kapena Diazepam). - Mbiri zakale ndi zamankhwala za wodwalayo. Odwala omwe ali ndi matenda a khunyu kapena ana a sukulu nthawi zambiri amalembedwa carbamazepine, phenytoin kapena valproate, ndipo omwe akhala akulimbana ndi matendawa nthawi zambiri amapereka mankhwala atsopano a antiepileptic (Trileptal or Topamax).
- Mkwatibwi wa mimba. Pali gulu la mankhwala omwe amapangidwa makamaka kwa amayi omwe angathe kutenga mimba. Iwo ali otetezeka kwambiri kwa mwana wosabadwayo (Carba-mazepine, Lamotrigine ndi Valproate).