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Antiepileptic Drug Interactions

A Clinical Guide

  • Covers all clinically licensed AEDs, including those licensed only in specific countries or that have limited indications

  • Highlights the way AED interactions occur in three separate sections

  • Includes details of the mechanism and magnitude of the interaction between drugs

  • Both pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic interactions are described

  • Includes AED combinations that are not associated with interactions

  • Now includes sections on recently licensed AEDs perampanel and brivaracetam

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Table of contents (68 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xlix
  2. Drug Interactions Between AEDs

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-5
    2. Acetazolamide

      • Philip N. Patsalos
      Pages 7-10
    3. Brivaracetam

      • Philip N. Patsalos
      Pages 11-14
    4. Carbamazepine

      • Philip N. Patsalos
      Pages 15-21
    5. Clobazam

      • Philip N. Patsalos
      Pages 23-27
    6. Clonazepam

      • Philip N. Patsalos
      Pages 29-32
    7. Eslicarbazepine Acetate

      • Philip N. Patsalos
      Pages 33-37
    8. Ethosuximide

      • Philip N. Patsalos
      Pages 39-42
    9. Felbamate

      • Philip N. Patsalos
      Pages 43-46
    10. Gabapentin

      • Philip N. Patsalos
      Pages 47-50
    11. Lacosamide

      • Philip N. Patsalos
      Pages 51-54
    12. Lamotrigine

      • Philip N. Patsalos
      Pages 55-60
    13. Levetiracetam

      • Philip N. Patsalos
      Pages 61-65
    14. Methsuximide

      • Philip N. Patsalos
      Pages 67-70
    15. Oxcarbazepine

      • Philip N. Patsalos
      Pages 71-75
    16. Perampanel

      • Philip N. Patsalos
      Pages 77-80
    17. Phenobarbital

      • Philip N. Patsalos
      Pages 81-85
    18. Phenytoin

      • Philip N. Patsalos
      Pages 87-92
    19. Piracetam

      • Philip N. Patsalos
      Pages 93-95

About this book

This updated third edition of a successful book is a description of both pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic antiepileptic drug (AED) interactions, including details of the magnitude and mechanism of interactions, and also of drug combinations that are not associated with interactions and therefore can be coprescribed without undue concern. Presented in alphabetical order and by drug class, drug interactions that occur between AEDs and also between AEDs and non-AEDs are described in three sections: Drug interactions between AEDs; Drug interactions between AEDs and non-AED Drugs: Interactions affecting AEDs; Drug interactions between AEDs and non-AED Drugs: Interactions affected by AEDs.

Antiepileptic Drug Interactions: A Clinical Guide, 3rd Edition with its clear, concise and unambiguous content will 

allow physicians and allied health professionals to make more rational choices when AED polytherapy regimens are indicated. There is always a choice and avoiding highly interacting drugs and choosing drug combinations that are minimally interacting or do not interact should be the goal in treating patients with epilepsy. This book provides all the necessary information so as to allow this goal to be achieved and, if necessary, to aid effective management of AED interactions.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Unit, UCL-Institute of Neurology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, Queen Square, London, Chalfont Centre for Epilepsy, Chalfont St Peter, United Kingdom

    Philip N. Patsalos

About the author

Philip N. Patsalos, FRCPath, PhD

Professor of Clinical Pharmacology/Consultant Clinical Pharmacologist

Institute of Neurology/The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen

Square, London and the Epilepsy Society, Chalfont St Peter, UK

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Antiepileptic Drug Interactions

  • Book Subtitle: A Clinical Guide

  • Authors: Philip N. Patsalos

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32909-3

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-32909-3Published: 26 July 2016

  • Edition Number: 3

  • Number of Pages: XLIX, 340

  • Number of Illustrations: 31 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Neurology, Psychopharmacology

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eBook USD 84.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
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  • Read on any device
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