A15: Youth in a RYDC or YDC awaiting placement in a residential program are not members of the. Georgia Families 360Â° program. These youth are fee-for service so the completed PRTF application. should be submitted to APS through a CORE provider.
Phenytoin is a drug that is used to treat some seizure disorders (see Epilepsy), including complex partial seizures (psychomotor seizures) and seizures that occurr during or after neurosurgery. Phenytoin may be used alone or with phenobarbital or other anticonvulsants. This test measures the amount of phenytoin in the blood. Seizure disorders affect the brain's ability to transmit electrical impulses and to regulate nerve activity.
In 1938, Houston Merrit and Tracy Putnam described animal models for screening multiple compounds for antiepileptic activity in the Journal of the American Medical Association. In 1940, phenytoin (PHT) was found to be an effective drug for the treatment of epilepsy, and since then it has become a major first-line antiepileptic drug (AED) in the treatment of partial and secondarily generalized seizures.