Six-Year-Old Lucy Has Recently Been Started on Ethosuximide (Zarontin) for Seizures

question 34

Multiple Choice

Six-year-old Lucy has recently been started on ethosuximide (Zarontin) for seizures. She should be monitored for:

• A) Increased seizure activity, as this drug may auto-induce seizures
• B) Altered renal function, including renal failure
• C) Blood dyscrasias, which are uncommon but possible
• D) Central nervous system excitement, leading to insomnia

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Definitions:

Carnivores

Organisms that primarily eat meat, typically animals that have adaptations for hunting and consuming other organisms.

Fully Terrestrial

An organism or system that lives, operates, or performs its entire lifecycle on land with no aquatic phase.

Reproduction

The biological process by which new individual organisms are produced from their parents, essential for the survival and continuation of a species.

Amphibians

A class of cold-blooded vertebrates that includes frogs, toads, salamanders, and newts, characterized by life stages both in water (as larvae) and on land (as adults).