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Antiepileptic Drugs
Combination Therapy and Interactions
This book reviews the use of antiepileptic drugs focussing on the interactions between these
drugs, and between antiepileptics and other drugs. These interactions can be beneficial or can
cause harm. The aim of this book is to increase awareness of the possible impact bination
pharmacotherapies. ic and pharmacodynamic interactions are discussed sup-
ported by clinical and experimental data. The book consists of five parts covering the general
concepts and advantages bination therapies, the principles of drug interactions, the
mechanisms of interactions, drug interactions in specific populations or in patients with co-mor-
bid health conditions, concluding with a look at the future directions for this field of research.
The book will be of interest to all who prescribe antiepileptics to epileptic and non-epileptic
patients, including epileptologists, neurologists, neuropediatricians, psychiatrists and general
practitioners.
Antiepileptic Drugs
Combination Therapy and Interactions
Edited by
Jerzy Majkowski
The Foundation of Epileptology, Warsaw
Blaise F. D. Bourgeois
Harvard Medical School, USA
Philip N. Patsalos
Institute of Neurology, UK
and
Richard H. Mattson
Yale University School of Medicine, USA
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First published in print format 2005
isbn-13 978-0-511-12593-5 eBook (NetLibrary)
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