The withdrawal of antiepileptic drugs in patients with non-epileptic seizures: Safety considerations

Expert Opinion on Drug Safety

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 609-613

  Duncan, Roderick ^a  

^a SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drug; Epileptic; Psychogenic non epileptic seizure

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; LAMOTRIGINE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

APLASTIC ANEMIA; BLOOD DYSCRASIA; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CLEFT FACE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOGENIC NON EPILEPTIC SEIZURE; REVIEW; SEDATION; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; TERATOGENICITY; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; WEIGHT GAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EXPERT WITNESS; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; SAFETY; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EPILEPSY; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; SAFETY; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 33747508157     PISSN: 14740338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14740338.5.5.609     Document Type: Review

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