Understanding Antiepileptic Drugs

Bernd Pohlmann-Eden MD PhDProfessor of Neurology, Pharmacology and PsychologyDirector Epilepsy Program DevelopmentMember Brain Repair CenterDalhousie UniversityBernhard J. SteinhoffMedical DirectorEpilepsiezentrum Kork

• Foreword 1st English Edition ; Foreword 5th German Edition ; Preface ; Introduction ; Patient Recommendations ; Generic Drugs ; Slow Release Drugs ; Orphan Drugs ; 1. Carbamazepine ; 2. Clobazam ; 3. Eslicarbazepine acetate ; 4. Ethosuximide ; 5. Felbamate ; 6. Gabapentine ; 7. Lacosamide ; 8. Lamotrigine ; 9. Levetiracetam ; 10. Oxcarbazepine ; 11. Perampanel ; 12. Phenobarbital / Primidone ; 13. Phenytoin ; 14. Pregabalin ; 15.Retigabine ; 16.Rufinamide ; 17. Stiripentol ; 18. Tiagabine ; 19. Topiramate ; 20. Valproic Acid ; 21. Vigabatrin ; 22. Zonisamide

"There is an enormous need to provide essential information regarding medications available to people with epilepsy and to their caregivers. This book is an excellent tool attempting to address a gap in our ability to communicate with people with epilepsy by providing information that will help them understand how the medications work, the dosing, as well as the side effects. Understanding Antiepileptic Drugs is written in an easy to read manner, andprovides extremely valuable information that will benefit all people with epilepsy." --Solomin L. Moshe, MD, Charles Frost Chair in Neurosurgery and Neurology, Professor of Neurology, Neuroscience & Pediatrics,Director Pediatric Neurology, Director Clinical Neurophysiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and Past President ILAE (2009-2013), New York, NY