Antiepileptic drugs: properties and recommended use

Rickets Due To Prolonged Use of Antiepileptic Drugs

La therapeutique ant epileptique de longue duree provoque une profonde modification du metabolisme de la vitamine B et notamment une acceleration du catabolisme de celle-ci.  Les auteurs rapportent un cas de ce type particulier d'osteomalacie et la revue de la lit­terature leur permet de souligner trois points essentiels:  1 ) les besoins journaliers de la vitamine B sontaccrus chez les enfan...

New antiepileptic drugs. II. Clinical use.

Antiepileptic Drugs

Antiepileptics are a very important class of medications, and the number of these drugs available for clinical use has increased dramatically in the last decade. The pharmacology and indications for use in a variety of physiatric patient groups are comprehensively and systematically reviewed.

Antiepileptic Drugs

GENERIC NAME PAGE Carbamazepine 378 Clobazam 381 Clonazepam 380 Clorazepate 381 Diazepam 383 Ethosuximide 381 Ethotoin 378 Felbamate 382 Fosphenytoin 383 Gabapentin 382 Levetiracetam 382 Lamotrigine 379 Lorazepam 380 GENERIC NAME PAGE Mephenytoin 378 Mephobarbital 381 Metharbital 381 Nitrazepam 381 Oxcarbazepine 379 Phenobarbital 381 Phenytoin 377 Primidone 381 Tiagabine 381 Topiramate 379 Valp...

Antiepileptic drugs and suicidality

The risk of suicide in patients with epilepsy is significantly higher than the general population. There are many hypotheses as to the reasons for this, but the potential role of anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) in increasing suicidality has recently been brought into question. In 2008, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a warning after a meta-analysis of data from all clinical tr...