Psychiatric antiepileptic drugs

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

Loring, D. (2005, September). Cognitive side effects of antiepileptic drugs in children. Psychiatric Times, pp. 1-10. 

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). 

Trimble MR, Rusch N, Betts T, Crawford PM. Psychiatric symptoms after therapy with new antiepileptic drugs psy-chopathological and seizure related variables. Seizure 2000 9(4) 249-54. 

Janz D, Schneider H, Bericht Uber Wodadiboff II (Workshop on the determination of antiepileptic drugs in body fluids). In Antiepileptische Langzeitaiedikation , Bibl Psychiatr (1975) 151,55-7,... 

Hansen N, Finzel M, Block F. Antiepileptic drug-induced encephalopathy. Fortschr Neurol Psychiatr 2010 78(10) 590-8. 

Up to a few years ago, the association between the risk of suicidal ideation and behavior and the use of antiepileptic drugs had been explored in very few studies. In an observational study of 517 consecutive patients taking levetiracetam, four (0.7%) reported suicidal ideation [Id ]. The incidence of suicidal ideation and behavior resulting from antiepileptic drug exposure in clinical trials is unknown, because most published data group all psychiatric adverse events together rather than reporting suicidality by itself [15, 16, 17 ]. 

Soon after its introduction as a hypnotic drug, phenobarbital was found to be an excellent antiepileptic drag. Historically, agents introduced for the treatment of epilepsy are also turned to for psychiatric indications. The original first generation antiepileptic drag, a bromide salt, which appears in 1857, was also known for its tranquilizing... 

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