Mysolinen.
/ˈmʌɪsəliːn/, U.S. /ˈmaɪsəˌlin/ Pharmacology.
A proprietary name for: the drug primidone.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > sedatives, antispasmodics, etc. > [noun] > antispasmodic or anticonvulsant > specific substances or preparations
Dilantin1938
phenytoin1942
Artane1948
Mysoline1949
mephenesin1952
troxidone1952
primidone1953
acetazolamide1954
orphenadrine1957
tetrabenazine1958
ethosuximide1960
methsuximide1965
clonazepam1970
valproic1972
valproate1974
1949 Trade Marks Jrnl. 12 Oct. 901/2 Mysoline... Pharmaceutical substances for human and veterinary use; sanitary substances and disinfectants.
1958 J. H. Burns Lect. Notes Pharmacol. (ed. 5) 52 Primidone (Mysoline) is the most effective agent for the form of epilepsy known as ‘grand mal’.
1966 Economist 30 Apr. 512 Other drugs that ICI hope will attract a large market are..the anti-epileptic Mysoline and the long-established anti-malarial Paludrine.
1973 Clin. Chim. Acta 44 383 Both mysoline and phenytoin subjects show a more severely raised GGTP level than those treated with phenobarbitone.
1987 D. J. Weatherall et al. Oxf. Textbk. Med. (ed. 2) II. xxi. 232/1 Recently, primidone (Mysoline), in standard anticonvulsant dosages, has been reported to help some patients.
1991 Drugs 42 365 Mysoline has been shown to be useful in the treatment of essential tremor and several other movement disorders.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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