Understanding Antiepileptic Drugs: Guiding You Through the Maze of Options

by Bernd Pohlmann-Eden, Bernhard J. Steinhoff

Overview

Understanding Antiepileptic Drugs enhances patient knowledge and to acts as a facilitator to fill a significant gap in patient-physician communication in the field of epilepsy. There are several studies which show evidence that compliance in taking medication is absolutely crucial for successful medical treatment. A precondition for compliance, in addition to a trusting patient-physician relationship, is the ability to understand the medication under discussion and to be competent to be able to ask the right questions of your doctor. The ultimate goal should be to make the patient the expert of their condition. Patients often feel overwhelmed by the usual product monograph and they can become lost in complex information they do not understand or know how to prioritize.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199358915
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	06/25/2014
Pages:	184
Product dimensions:	8.10(w) x 5.40(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Bernd Pohlmann-Eden MD PhD
Professor of Neurology, Pharmacology and Psychology
Director Epilepsy Program Development
Member Brain Repair Center
Dalhousie University

Bernhard J. Steinhoff
Medical Director
Epilepsiezentrum Kork

Table of Contents

Foreword 1st English Edition
Foreword 5th German Edition
Preface
Introduction
Patient Recommendations
Generic Drugs
Slow Release Drugs
Orphan Drugs
1. Carbamazepine
2. Clobazam
3. Eslicarbazepine acetate
4. Ethosuximide
5. Felbamate
6. Gabapentine
7. Lacosamide
8. Lamotrigine
9. Levetiracetam
10. Oxcarbazepine
11. Perampanel
12. Phenobarbital / Primidone
13. Phenytoin
14. Pregabalin
15.Retigabine
16.Rufinamide
17. Stiripentol
18. Tiagabine
19. Topiramate
20. Valproic Acid
21. Vigabatrin
22. Zonisamide

Editorial Reviews

"There is an enormous need to provide essential information regarding medications available to people with epilepsy and to their caregivers. This book is an excellent tool attempting to address a gap in our ability to communicate with people with epilepsy by providing information that will help them understand how the medications work, the dosing, as well as the side effects. Understanding Antiepileptic Drugs is written in an easy to read manner, and provides extremely valuable information that will benefit all people with epilepsy." —Solomin L. Moshe, MD, Charles Frost Chair in Neurosurgery and Neurology, Professor of Neurology, Neuroscience & Pediatrics, Director Pediatric Neurology, Director Clinical Neurophysiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and Past President ILAE (2009-2013), New York, NY

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