Concerns about potential effects on offspring have prompted a gradual change in antiepileptic drug usage in girls of child-bearing age in the last decade, according to a study at the School of Pharmacy and Institute of Child Health, University of London, UK. More females aged 12-18 years are prescribed lamotrigine (LTG) than carbamazepine or sodium valproate, and the 10-fold increase in LTG in females is significantly greater than the 5-fold rise for males. [1]
Changing Trends in Antiepileptic Drug Usage in Girls
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-23-7-6 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482
Language: English
Page range: 53 - 53
Published on: Jul 1, 2009
Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
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