Stopping drug therapy in epilepsy

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 861-863

  Lhatoo, S D ^a,b   Sander, J W A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0034041201     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1381612003400317     Document Type: Review

References (11)

1. Berg A.T.; Shinnar S. Relapse following discontinuation of antiepileptic drugs: a meta-analysis. Neurology. 1994, 44, 601-608.
2. Cockerell O.C.; Johnson A.L.; Sander J.W.; Shorvon S.D. Prognosis of epilepsy: a review and further analysis of the first nine years of the British National General Practice Study of Epilepsy, a prospective population-based study. Epilepsia. 1997, 38, 31-46.
3. Erhardt P.; Forsyth W.E. Prognosis after grand mal seizures: a study of 187 children with three-year remission. Dev. Med. Child Neurol. 1989, 31, 633-639.
4. Gherpelli J.L.D.; Kok F.; dal Forno S.; Elkis L.C.; Lefevre B.H.W.; Diament A.J. Discontinuing medication in epileptic children: a study of risk factors related to recurrence. Epilepsia. 1992, 33, 681-686.
5. Isojarvi J.I.T.; Laatikainen T.J.; Pakarinen A.J.; Juntunen K.T.S.; Millyla V.V. Polycystic ovaries and hyperandrogenism in women taking valproate for epilepsy. N. Engl. J. Med. 1993, 329, 1383-1388.
6. Jacoby A.; Johnson A.L.; Chadwick D.W. Psychosocial outcomes of antiepileptic drug discontinuation. Epilepsia. 1992, 33, 1123-1131.
7. Medical Research Council Antiepileptic Drug Withdrawal Study Group. Randomised study of antiepileptic drug withdrawal in patients in remission. Lancet. 1991, 337, 1175-1180.
8. Sander J.W.A.S. New drugs for epilepsy. Curr.Opin.Neurol. 1998, 11, 141-148.
9. Tennison M, Greenwood R, Lewis D, Thorn M. Discontinuing antiepileptic drugs in children with epilepsy: a comparison of a 6 week and a 9 month study period. N. Engl. J. Med. 1994, 330, 1407-1410.
10. Todt H. The late prognosis of epilepsy in childhood: results of a prospective follow-up study. Epilepsia. 1984, 25, 137-144.
11. Wolf P. Primary generalised epilepsies. In: Shorvon SD, Dreifuss F, Fish DR, Thomas D, eds. The treatment of epilepsy. Oxford: Blackwell Science Ltd.; 1996, 238-246.