Rapid versus slow withdrawal of antiepileptic drugs.

LN, Ranganathan; S, Ramaratnam

doi:10.1002/14651858.cd005003.pub2

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Rapid versus slow withdrawal of antiepileptic drugs.

Published in The Cochrane database of systematic reviews • Apr 19, 2006

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Ranganathan LN

Ramaratnam S

Abstract

<h4>Background</h4>The ideal objective of treating a person with epilepsy is to induce remission by usage of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) and withdraw the AEDs without causing seizure recurrence. Prolonged usage of AEDs may have long-term side effects. Hence when a person with epilepsy is in remission...

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