Description: Ethosuximide (Zarontin) is an anticonvulsant, blocks the low voltage-activated T-type calcium channel used in the treatment of absence seizures unaccompanied by other types of seizures. Target: Calcium Channel. Smiles: C(C)C1(C)C(=O)NC(=O)C1. References: Chen X, et al. Mol Neurodegener. 2015, 10:51.

Ethosuximide is an anticonvulsant. It increases glucose, fructose-1,6-bisphosphate, and pyruvate levels in rat brain when administered at a dose of 200 mg/kg. Ethosuximide (400 mg/kg) reduces the severity of audiogenic seizures in a rat model of barbiturate withdrawal-induced convulsions. It also inhibits tonic...