Valproic acid and phenobarbital blood levels during the first month of treatment with the ketogenic diet

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 303-307

  Coppola, G ^a   Verrotti, A ^b   D'Aniello, A ^a   Arcieri, S ^a   Operto, F F ^a   Della Corte, R ^c   Ammendola, E ^a   Pascotto, A ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

antiepileptic drugs; blood levels; first month; ketogenic diet

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; PHENOBARBITAL; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE DURATION; DROWSINESS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; KETOGENIC DIET; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; OPEN STUDY; QUADRIPLEGIA; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KETOGENIC DIET; MALE; PHENOBARBITAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 77956412174     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2010.01359.x     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Freeman JM, Vining EP, Pillas DJ, Pyzik PL, Casey JC, Kelly LM. The efficacy of the ketogenic diet-1998: a prospective evaluation of intervention in 150 children. Pediatrics 1998 102 : 1358 1363.
2. Coppola G, Veggiotti P, Cusmai R et al. The ketogenic diet in children, adolescents and young adults with refractory epilepsy: an Italian multicentric experience. Epilepsy Res 2002 48 : 221 227.
3. Kossoff EH, Pyzik PL, McGrogan JR, Vining EP, Freeman JM. Efficacy of the ketogenic diet for infantile spasms. Pediatrics 2002 109 : 780 783.
4. Oguni H, Tanaka T, Hayashi K et al. Treatment and long-term prognosis of myoclonic-astatic epilepsy of early childhood. Neuropediatrics 2002 33 : 122 132.
5. Caraballo RH, Cersosimo RO, Sakr D, Cresta A, Escobal N, Fejerman N. Ketogenic diet in patients with Dravet syndrome. Epilepsia 2005 46 : 1539 1544.
6. Kang HC, Kim YJ, Kim DW, Kim HD. Efficacy and safety of the ketogenic diet for intractable childhood epilepsy: Korean multicentric experience. Epilepsia 2005 46 : 272 279.
7. Dahlin MG, Beck OM, Amark PE. Plasma levels of antiepileptic drugs in children on the ketogenic diet. Pediatr Neurol 2006 35 : 6 10.
8. Freeman JM, Kelly MT, Freeman JB. Initiating the ketogenic diet. Fine-tuning the diet. In : Freeman JM, Kelly MT, Freeman JB, eds. The epilepsy diet treatments, 2nd edn. New York : Demos Publications, 1996 65 113.
9. Tallian KB, Nahata MC, Tsao C. Role of the ketogenic diet in children with intractable seizures. Ann Pharmacother 1998 32 : 349 361.
10. Casey JC, Mc Grogan J, Pillas D, Pyzik P, Freeman J, Vining EPG. The implementation and maintenance of the ketogenic diet in children. J Neurosci Nursing 1999 31 : 294 302.
11. Kossoff EH, Vining EPG. The ketogenic diet. In : Shorvon SD, Perucca E, Fish DR, Dodson EW, eds. The treatment of epilepsy. Oxford : Blackwell Science, 2004 262 268.
12. Freeman JM, Freeman JB, Kelly MT. Initiating the ketogenic diet. In : Freeman JM, Freeman JB, Kelly MT, eds. The ketogenic diet, 3rd edn. New York : Demos Publications, 2000 53 69.
13. Kossoff EH, Pyzik PL, McGrogan JR, Rubenstein JE. The impact of early versus late anticonvulsant reduction after ketogenic diet initiation. Epilepsy Behav 2004 5 : 499 502.
14. Kossoff EH the International Ketogenic Diet Study Group. Optimal clinical management of children receiving the ketogenic diet: recommendations of the International Ketogenic Diet Study Group. Epilepsia 2009 50 : 304 317.
15. Sankar R, Sotero de Menezes M. Metabolic and endocrine aspects of the ketogenic diet. Epilepsy Res 1999 37 : 191 201.
16. Rang HP, Dale MM, Ritter JM. Absorption and distribution of drugs. In : Rang HP, Dale MM, Ritter JM, eds. Pharmacology. Edinburgh : Churchill Livingstone, 1999 61 77.
17. Coppola G, Fiorillo M, Ammendola E, Della Corte R, Capano G, Pascotto A. Potential interactions between the ketogenic diet and drugs. Epilepsy Res 2006 68 : 167 169.