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See Latest ArticlesAntiepileptic drugs and other medications: What interactions may arise?
Current Treatment Options in Neurology, 06/02/09
Mani R et al. - Treatments susceptible to interactions include anticoagulants, antiarrhythmics, antibiotics, antiretroviral drugs, immunosuppressives, antineoplastics, and contraceptives. Therefore, it is important to obtain periodically a thorough history of medical problems, use of medications or herbal remedies, and adverse effects of medications. Physicians managing epilepsy patients should also strive to avoid potential drug interactions by favoring low-interaction AEDs in patients taking many other types of drugs. There is quite a large degree of patient heterogeneity in the extent of any given interaction between an AED and another drug. Indeed, some groups of patients may have different susceptibilities to such interactions because of genetic and environmental influences on drug metabolism. Effective treatment with AEDs should include attention to drug interactions.
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