I don't travel with my nebulizer under normal circumstances.
There are no "meds" for a seizure.
There are no "meds" to stop a heart-attack.
Anne
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The first antiepileptic drug was bromide, used in the late 19th century. Its side effects, however, made it a less than ideal medication. In 1912, phenobarbital became the main drug prescribed for epilepsy, and it is still used today. However, its usefulness was limited to generalized tonic clonic seizures and, to a lesser degree, simple and complex partial seizures. It had no effect on absence seizures. It had a sedative effect on some people and produced hyperactivity in children.
Between 1960 and 1974, only one new drug was approved for use.
In 1938, diphenylhydantoin, which had failed to be an effective sedative, was discovered to have seizure-preventing properties. It was marketed as Dilantin, and it is still a major drug in epilepsy treatment today. Its generic name was later changed to phenytoin. While Dilantin was effective in the same broad spectrum as phenobarbital, it too had no effect on absence seizures.
In 1945, trimethadione (Tridione) was developed as the first drug for use in absence seizures. For the next fifteen years a series of new antiepileptic drugs was developed, all of which were variations on the same basic chemical structure, which were effective against different types of seizures.
After 1960, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations became more strict, requiring that a new drug had to be not only safe but also proved effective against the particular illness it was used to treat. Since antiepileptic drugs had a relatively small sales volume and the costs of testing and marketing new drugs were substantial, U.S. drug companies virtually stopped investigating and developing new products to combat seizures.
Between 1960 and 1974, only one new drug, diazepam (Valium) was approved for use in the treatment of epilepsy. Its major contribution was effectiveness in the treatment of status epilepticus. In 1974, carbamazepine (Tegretol) was approved, and in 1978, valproic acid (Depakene).
What Medications Are Used to Treat a Heart Attack?
The goals of medication therapy are to break up or prevent blood clots, prevent platelets from gathering and sticking to the plaque, stabilize the plaque and prevent further ischemia.
These medications must be given as soon as possible (within one to two hours from the start of your heart attack) to decrease the amount of heart damage. The longer the delay in starting these drugs, the more damage can occur and the less benefit they can provide.
Medications for this purpose may include:
Aspirin to prevent blood clotting that may worsen the heart attack.
Antiplatelets to prevent blood clotting.
Thrombolytic therapy ("clot busters") to dissolve any blood clots that are present in the heart's arteries.
Any combination of the above
My asthma is severe enough that I alway bring a nebublizer with me.
