The Epilepsy Prescriber's Guide to Antiepileptic Drugs
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The Epilepsy Prescriber's Guide to Antiepileptic Drugs

  1. 380 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Epilepsy Prescriber's Guide to Antiepileptic Drugs

About this book

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.

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Information

Year
2018
Print ISBN
9781108453202
eBook ISBN
9781108573535
Edition
3
Subtopic
Neurology

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright information
  5. Table of contents
  6. Preface
  7. Introduction
  8. Acetazolamide
  9. ACTH
  10. Brivaracetam
  11. Carbamazepine
  12. Clobazam
  13. Clonazepam
  14. Diazepam
  15. Eslicarbazepine Acetate
  16. Ethosuximide
  17. Felbamate
  18. Fosphenytoin
  19. Gabapentin
  20. Lacosamide
  21. Lamotrigine
  22. Levetiracetam
  23. Lorazepam
  24. Methsuximide
  25. Midazolam
  26. Oxcarbazepine
  27. Paraldehyde
  28. Perampanel
  29. Phenobarbital
  30. Phenytoin
  31. Piracetam
  32. Pregabalin
  33. Primidone
  34. Rufinamide
  35. Stiripentol
  36. Sulthiame
  37. Tiagabine
  38. Topiramate
  39. Valproate
  40. Vigabatrin
  41. Zonisamide
  42. Abbreviations
  43. Index

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