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New antiepileptic drugs and women
Since 1990, sixteen new antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) have been introduced. Most of these new AEDs have only been insufficiently studied with respect to women-specific aspects such as endogenous sex hormones, hormonal contraception, pregnancy, breastfeeding, or menopause. This is of concern because it has been shown for some of the new AEDs that these factors may have a clinically significant impa...
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The last ten years of the 20th century is called in neuroscience “decade of the brain”. This period has brought many new antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) to the practising physician. New AEDs include: vigabatrin, lamotrigine, topiramate, tiagabine, gabapentin, oxcarbazepine, levetiracetam and zonisamide (not registered in Poland). The development of these drugs was under the current epilepsy theory (...
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Regarding efficacy of new antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) for seizure control, there are three important clinical questions. How effective are new AEDs when corrected for the efficacy of placebo? And even more important: How do new AEDs fare in terms of seizure remission compared with established agents? And finally: Have patients seizure-free on new AEDs a better chance for lasting remission after ...
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Mothers exposed to Antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) are at high risk to born babies with orofacial malformations such as cleft lips. About 9 percent of congenital abnormalities in babies of mothers with epilepsy relates to orofacial abnormalities. Maintaining safe antiepileptic drugs for millions of mothers with epilepsy is very important. Researches show that new AEDs have less side effects than the...
متن کاملContraception for women taking antiepileptic drugs.
Most women of fertile age want safe contraception. This is especially important for women with epilepsy, as some antiepileptic drugs may have harmful effects on the foetus. When hormonal contraception is combined with antiepileptic drugs, it is essential to be aware that certain antiepileptic drugs may reduce the efficacy of hormonal contraceptives and vice versa, which may result in a reduced ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Seizure
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1059-1311
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2014.05.004