Treatment of civilian and combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder with topiramate

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1810-1816

  Andrus, Miranda R ^a   Gilbert, Elizabeth ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic; Posttraumatic stress disorder; PTSD; Topiramate

Indexed keywords

LIVER ENZYME; TOPIRAMATE;

ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLINICIAN ADMINISTERED PTSD SCALE; CONFUSION; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; HYPERTHERMIA; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MONOTHERAPY; MYOPIA; NAUSEA; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NERVOUSNESS; PARESTHESIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; PTSD CHECKLIST CIVILIAN SCORE; RASH; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SYMPTOM; TASTE DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URTICARIA; WAR; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANTICONVULSANTS; COMBAT DISORDERS; FEMALE; FRUCTOSE; HUMANS; MALE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 78049481604     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1P163     Document Type: Article

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