Psychiatric disorder antiepileptic drug

Ettinger AB, Argoff CE Use of antiepileptic drugs for non-epileptic conditions Psychiatric disorders and chronic pain. Neurotherapeutics 2007 4 75. [PMID 17199018]... 

Haidukewych D, Rodin EA. Effect of phenothiazines on serum antiepileptic drug concentrations in psychiatric patients with seizure disorder. Ther Drug Monit 1985 7(4) 401 k... 

Should certain antiepileptic drugs be contraindicated in patients with active psychosis Unfortunately there is not enough solid information to answer this question. Undoubtedly, anticonvulsants that are less likely to cause psychosis (lamotrigine, carbamazepine, oxcarbaze-pine, valproate) should be preferred (52,53). However, patients with psychoses have been successfully treated even with drugs that are believed to be associated with psychosis, such as vigabatrin. For example, in a prospective study in 10 patients with psychosis and epilepsy to whom vigabatrin was added, there was no aggravation of the psychiatric disorder (54). 

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