Remarks by Governor Ben S. Bernanke At the Conference to Honor Milton Friedman, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois November 8, 2002. On Milton Friedman's Ninetieth Birthday
Phenobarbital Phenobarbital is the most widely prescribed medication for treating seizures in dogs and is usually the first medication that is given to a dog with epilepsy.Phenobarbital is effective in 60 to 80 percent of dogs with idiopathic epilepsy if serum concentrations are kept within the target range.henobarbital is the most widely prescribed medication for treating seizures in dogs and is usually the first medication that is given to a dog with epilepsy.
Phenobarbital was the main anticonvulsant from 1912 until the development of phenytoin in 1938. Today, phenobarbital is rarely used to treat epilepsy in new patients since there are other effective drugs that are less sedating. Phenobarbital sodium injection can be used to stop acute convulsions or status epilepticus, but a benzodiazepine such as lorazepam, diazepam or midazolam is usually tried first.