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Phenytoin
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▸ Editor's verdict OTHER LOW
"MANUAL-STUB. First-line anticonvulsant in clinical use since 1938. Jack Dreyfus championed it as a cognitive / mood agent in the 1970s, funding the Dreyfus Medical Foundation's nootropic-leaning research program. Modern lit acknowledges some cognitive benefits in epilepsy populations but the off-label nootropic use is heavily constrained by therapeutic window (10-20 µg/mL serum), gingival hyperplasia, hirsutism, ataxia, and SJS risk. Verdict likely SKIP for nootropic use due to safety profile + non-linear PK. Stays Rx-prescribed for its primary indication."
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