Phenobarbital: A drug for the 21st century?

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 802-803

  Brodie, Martin J ^a   Kwan, Patrick ^b  

^a WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; GENERIC DRUG; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EDITORIAL; EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; NEUROTOXICITY; SOMNOLENCE; TABLET FORMULATION; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTICONVULSANTS; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; PHENOBARBITAL;

EID: 10844229047     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2004.08.002     Document Type: Editorial

References (12)

1. R. Kale The treatment gap Epilepsia 43 Suppl. 6 2002 S31-S33
2. International drug price indicator guide. Management Science for Health 2003. Available from: Http://erc.msh.org. Accessed 26 June 2004
3. A.T. Berg S.R. Levy F.M. Testa S. Shinnar Treatment of newly diagnosed pediatric epilepsy: A community-based study Arch Paediatr Adolesc Med 153 1999 1267-1271
4. M. Baldy-Moulinier A. Covanis S. D'Urso Therapeutic strategies against epilepsy in Mediterranean countries: A report from an international collaborative survey Seizure 7 1998 513-520
5. M. Musicco E. Beghi A. Solari F. Viani Treatment of first tonic-clonic seizure does not improve the prognosis of epilepsy Neurology 49 1997 991-998
6. M Baulac JA Cramer RH Mattson Phenobarbital and other barbiturates: adverse effects In: RH Levy RH Mattson BS Meldrum E Perucca, editors. 5th ed. Antiepileptic drugs 2002 Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Philadelphia 528-540
7. P. Kwan M.J. Brodie Phenobarbital for the treatment of epilepsy in the 21st century: A critical review Epilepsia 45 2004 1141-1149
8. R.H. Mattson J.A. Cramer J.F. Collins et al. Comparison of carbamazepine, phenobarbital, phenytoin and primidone in partial and secondary tonic-clonic seizures N Engl J Med 313 1985 145-151
9. M. De Silva B. McArdle M. McGowan et al. Randomised comparative monotherapy trials of phenobarbitone, phenytoin, carbamazepine, or sodium valproate for newly diagnosed childhood epilepsy Lancet 346 1996 709-713
10. P. Kwan M.J. Brodie Early identification of refractory epilepsy N Engl J Med 342 2000 314-319
11. P. Kwan M.J. Brodie Effectiveness of first antiepileptic drug Epilepsia 42 2001 1255-1260
12. P. Kwan M.J. Brodie Phenobarbital for the treatment of epilepsy in the 21st century: A critical review Epilepsia 45 2004 1141-1149