PHARMACOLOGY 1: • 2-deoxyphenobarbital
• metabolized to phenobarbital
and phenylethylmalonamide
(PEMA)

EFFECTIVE AGAINST PARTIAL SEIZURES AND GENERALIZED
TONIC-CLONIC SEIZURES (may be MORE EFFECTIVE than
PHENOBARBITAL)

Question

• 2-deoxyphenobarbital
• metabolized to phenobarbital
and phenylethylmalonamide 
(PEMA)

EFFECTIVE AGAINST PARTIAL SEIZURES AND GENERALIZED 
TONIC-CLONIC SEIZURES (may be MORE EFFECTIVE than 
PHENOBARBITAL)

LEIGHTON DWIGHT OBILLOS · Accepted Answer

PRIMIDONE
• Mysoline®

• 2-deoxyphenobarbital • metabolized to phenobarbital and phenylethylmalonamide (PEMA) EFFECTIVE AGAINST PARTIAL SEIZURES AND GENERALIZED TONIC-CLONIC SEIZURES (may be MORE EFFECTIVE than PHENOBARBITAL)