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The clinical pharmacology of traditional antiepileptic drugs
Author(s) -
Vajda Frank J.E.,
Eadie Mervyn J.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
epileptic disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.673
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1950-6945
pISSN - 1294-9361
DOI - 10.1684/epd.2014.0704
Subject(s) - carbamazepine , ethosuximide , phenytoin , medicine , pharmacology , primidone , anticonvulsant , epilepsy , psychiatry
Despite the availability of newer agents, a number of antiepileptic drugs have continued to be employed reasonably widely, many years after their introduction to human therapeutics. These drugs comprise phenobarbitone and some of its congeners, phenytoin, ethosuximide, carbamazepine, valproate, and certain benzodiazepines. Details of their pharmacological profiles are outlined in the following account.