Use of Phenytoin in Vertigo/Dizziness

Phenytoin is an antiepileptic agent that has been in clinical use for approximately 80 years, particularly due to its and antineuralgic activity antiarrhythmic effects. also become increasingly widely used recent years various applications, including wound healing, migraine, dizziness, myocardial infarction, bipolar disorder, types of ulcer, burns. Vertigo/dizziness frequently seen children. Numerous causes play a role the etiology vertigo/dizziness. Antiepileptic drugs (particularly carbamazepine diphenylhydantoin) are known give rise There no specific studies concerning treatment vertigo/dizziness childhood, reported involve underlying etiology.