Acetaminophen toxicity with concomitant use of carbamazepine

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 329-332

  Jickling, Glen ^a   Heino, Angela ^a   Ahmed, S Nizam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acetaminophen toxicity; Carbamazepine; Epilepsy; Liver failure; Renal failure

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; METHOCARBAMOL; PARACETAMOL; PREDNISONE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG TOLERANCE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LIVER FAILURE; LONG TERM CARE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADULT; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANTICONVULSANTS; BACK PAIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; METHOCARBAMOL; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; NEPHRITIS, INTERSTITIAL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION;

EID: 76749165858     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: 19506945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2009.0274     Document Type: Article

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