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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806979603321

Autore

Pohlmann-Eden Bernd

Titolo

Understanding antiepileptic drugs : guiding you through the maze of options / / Bernd Pohlmann-Eden, Bernhard J. Steinhoff ; translation by Klaus C. Hofer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-19-935893-1

0-19-935892-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 p.)

Disciplina

615.784

Soggetti

Epilepsy - Treatment

Anticonvulsants

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Understanding Antiepileptic Drugs""; ""Copyright""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE: FIRST ENGLISH EDITION""; ""PREFACE: FIFTH GERMAN EDITION""; ""FOREWORD""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Specific Profiles of Antiepileptic Drugs (in alphabetical order)""; ""Carbamazepine""; ""Clobazam""; ""Eslicarbazepine Acetate""; ""Ethosuximide""; ""Felbamate""; ""Gabapentin""; ""Lacosamide""; ""Lamotrigine""; ""Levetiracetam""; ""Oxcarbazepine""; ""Perampanel""; ""Phenobarbital/Primidone""; ""Phenytoin""; ""Pregabalin""; ""Retigabine""; ""Rufinamide""; ""Stiripentol""; ""Tiagabine""; ""Topiramate""

""Valproic Acid/Valproate/Divalproex Sodium""""Vigabatrin""; ""Zonisamide""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

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 o