Eslicarbazepine: systemic exposure to antiepileptic drugs is increased in patients with mild-to-moderate renal impairment. The dose of eslicarbazepine should be reduced in patients with a ...

They found that people who had been prescribed these drugs more frequently, or who took multiple types, had a higher risk of ...

Overall, however, the findings support an increase in health-care costs when generic AEDs are used, particularly when multiple manufacturers are involved in supplying a drug for a given patient's ...

These include: Side effects while taking antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) can occur due to the epilepsy itself or the long-term use of medication. Side effects include tinnitus and sensorineural hearing ...

Fycompa (perampanel) is the first and only licensed anti-epileptic drug to selectively target AMPA receptors, a protein in the brain which plays a critical role in the spread of epileptic seizures.

Gabapentinoids are increasingly prescribed as an alternative to pain medicines for nursing home residents, but the reasoning behind the prescriptions — and beliefs about efficacy and deprescribing — ...

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These factors, therefore, are valid, though they raise the risk of autism only slightly. If it’s possible for you to minimize these risks, your likelihood of having an autistic ...

Lamotrigine 25mg, 50mg, 100mg, and 200mg; orally-disintegrating tabs. ≥18yrs: Not on enzyme-inducing antiepileptic drugs (EIAEDs, eg, phenytoin, carbamazepine ...

For the newer antiepileptic drugs, there are limited data available, so an understanding of how each drug is affected by kidney disease and dialysis is critical in order to make rational choices ...