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Mesantoin

Mesantoin

9.9
A toxic medicine that treats epilepsy when other medicines do not work
  • noun
  • Archaic
translation icon : mesantoin
  • Doctors sometimes prescribe Mesantoin for epilepsy when other medications fail to control seizures.

Examples

  • The doctor prescribed Mesantoin for her severe seizures.

  • Many patients are concerned about Mesantoin's side effects.

  • Due to its toxicity, Mesantoin is usually considered only after other anticonvulsants have been tried.

  • She experienced side effects from Mesantoin and had to switch to a different epilepsy medication.

  • Doctors sometimes prescribe Mesantoin for epilepsy when other medications fail to control seizures.

  • Due to its toxicity, Mesantoin is usually considered only after other anticonvulsants have been tried.

  • She experienced side effects from Mesantoin and had to switch to a different epilepsy medication.

Synonyms

mephenytoin
vsMesantoin
  • Specialized
9.9

A risky medicine used to treat seizures when other medicines do not work

is the same drug concept but expressed under a different name

Surface Forms

Masantoin singular
Masantoin plural

Etymology

Mesantoin was probably built like many medicine names: the start mes- can suggest 'middle', and the ending -toin is the same ending in older epilepsy drugs such as phenytoin. A helpful way to remember it is that Mesantoin is a medicine for 'seizures' and epilepsy, but it is known to be toxic, so doctors use it only when safer drugs do not work.