The Epilepsy Prescriber's Guide to Antiepileptic Drugs

This concise book is the essential clinical reference guide for practitioners who care for patients with epilepsy throughout their lifespan.

Philip N. Patsalos (Author), Erik K. St Louis (Author)

9781108453202, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 14 June 2018

376 pages
18.7 x 12.3 x 1.5 cm, 0.41 kg

This essential and concise clinical reference guide serves diverse clinicians and allied health professionals who prescribe antiepileptic drugs in contemporary clinical practice. Fully updated, it features chapters on newly-approved drug brivaracetam, updated paediatric prescribing, use in particular populations including women, the elderly, and patients with cognitive impairment, as well as sections on teratogenicity, pregnancy, and lactation. In full colour throughout, the guide provides comprehensive antiepileptic drug (AED) prescribing information, covering all thirty-five AEDs in alphabetical order. Each chapter features eight coloured sections including general therapeutics, pharmacokinetics, interaction profile, adverse effects, dosing and use, special population considerations, a summary overview, and suggested reading. Perfect for quick reference use, the guide is practical and essential for all AED drug prescribers including adult and paediatric neurologists, neurosurgeons, psychiatrists, internists, geriatricians, paediatricians, family physicians, as well as allied health professionals and resident, fellow, and student trainees in all related medical fields.

1. Acetazolamide
2. ACTH
3. Brivaracetam
4. Carbamazepine
5. Clobazam
6. Clonazepam
7. Diazepam
8. Eslicarbazepine
9. Ethosuximide
10. Felbamate
11. Fosphenytoin
12. Gabapentin
13. Lacosamide
14. Lamotrigine
15. Levetiracetam
16. Lorazepam
17. Methsuximide
18. Midazolam
19. Oxcarbazepine
20. Paraldehyde
21. Perampanel
22. Phenobarbital
23. Phenytoin
24. Piracetam
25. Pregabalin
26. Primidone
27. Rufinamide
28. Stiripentol
29. Sulthiame
30. Tiagabine
31. Topiramate
32. Valproate
33. Vigabatrin
34. Zonasimide.

Subject Areas: Clinical psychology [MMJ], Psychiatry [MMH], Pharmacology [MMG], Neurology & clinical neurophysiology [MJN]