Clinician's Guide to Antiepileptic Drug Use

Designed for quick point-of-care reference, this handbook offers evidence-based guidelines on use of antiepileptic drugs for seizures, psychiatric disorders, pain, and headache. Chapters cover all drugs, including the recently approved drug pregabalin. For each drug, the authors list FDA-approved indications and summarize the evidence for efficacy and tolerability from clinical trials for epileptic, psychiatric, pain, and headache indications. Also included are recommendations from professional societies such as the American Academy of Neurology, American Psychiatric Association, and Association for the Study of Headache. Tables in the final chapter summarise these recommendations and indicate the authors' choice of drug in various clinical situations. Clinician's Guide to Antiepileptic Drug Use is also available for PDAs.

FEATURES:

• A guide to antiepileptic drug use in multiple therapeutic areas—seizures, psychiatric disorders, pain, and headache
• Designed and organized for quick point-of-care reference
• Concisely summarizes evidence from clinical trials to guide in clinical decision-making
• Covers all drugs including the recently approved drug pregabalin
• Only antiepileptic drug text with evidence from clinical trials for psychiatric, pain, and headache disorders as well as seizures
• Guidelines and recommendations from the American Academy of Neurology, American Psychiatric Association, and Association for the Study of Headache, and FDA approvals in multiple therapeutic areas
• Tables summarize recommendations and indicate the authors' choice of drug in various clinical situations
• Tables compare adverse effects among drugs