A study on drug use evaluation of anti-epileptics at a multispecialty tertiary care teaching hospital

International Journal of PharmTech Research

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1541-1547

  ArulKumaran, K S G ^a   Palanisamy, S ^a   Rajasekaran, A ^a  

^a KMCH COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (India)

Author keywords

AED; Anti epileptic drugs; Drug use evaluation; Drug utilization; Epilepsy

Indexed keywords

AEDON; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CARBATOL; CLOBA; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; DIPROEX; DIVALPRO; ENCORATE CHRONO; EPILEX CHRONO; EPITRIL; EPSOLIN; FOSOLIN; FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; GABANTIN; GABAPENTIN; GAPALEPT; GARDENOL; LAMETEC; LAMITOR DT; LAMOTRIGINE; LONAZEP; MANOCARB; MAZETOL; NAZE; OLEPTAL; OXCARBAZEPINE; OXEPTAL; OXETOL; PETRIL; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; TEGRITOL; TOPAMAC; TOPAZ; TOPIRAMATE; TRIOPTAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALPARIN CHRONO; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM; VALPROIC ACID; ZEN RETARD; ZEPTOL;

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; ATONIC SEIZURE; CHILD; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG UTILIZATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GINGIVA HYPERTROPHY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PRESCRIPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURE; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TONIC SEIZURE; URTICARIA;

EID: 77953434367     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09744304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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