Anti-epileptic drugs: A guide for the non-neurologist

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 54-58

  Anderson, Joseph ^a   Moor, Carl Christian ^b  

^a MORRISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti convulsant; Anti epileptic; Contraception; Drug levels; Elderly; General medicine; Generalist; Interactions; Pregnancy; Side effects

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PREGABALIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TIAGABINE; TOPIRAMATE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN; ZONISAMIDE;

ABSENCE; ACUTE DISEASE; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; BLOOD DYSCRASIA; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN TUMOR; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIZZINESS; DRUG MEGADOSE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GERIATRIC CARE; HAIR LOSS; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MONOTHERAPY; MYOCLONUS; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREGNANT WOMAN; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 77149130204     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.10-1-54     Document Type: Review

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