Introduction: Epilepsy is a group of long-term neurological disorders characterised by seizures that may respond to pharmacological treatment. Objective: Determine the prescribing patterns of anticonvulsants for patients covered by the healthcare system in Colombia. Methods: Cross-sectional study using a database containing 6.5 million people. From among residents in 88 Colombian cities, we selected patients of both sexes and all ages who were treated continuously with anticonvulsants between June and August 2012. We designed a drug consumption database and performed multivariate analysis for combination treatment and co-medication using SPSS 20.0. Results: A total of 13 793 patients with mean age of 48.9 ± 22.0 years were studied; 52.9% of...
Introducción: la prevalencia global de la epilepsia en Colombia es 1.13% y en pacientes de 65 años o...
International audienceBackground: The World Health Organization estimates that 50 million people wor...
Background: Epilepsy is a challenging medical problem in India with an annual incidence of 27.27 per...
Resumen: Introducción: La epilepsia constituye un problema neurológico común caracterizado por conv...
Introduction: This study examines the indications according to which antiepileptic drugs are prescri...
Resumen: Introducción: Determinar las indicaciones por las cuales se prescriben y utilizan antiepil...
12 P.Objectives: Identify drug interactions of old antiepileptic drugs with antidepressants and an...
PURPOSE: To evaluate the pattern of prescription of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) and other medications...
Considerando el impacto de Factores Psicosociales y Culturales (FPC) sobre el éxito de la terapia fa...
Background: Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disorder which affects about 0.5% to 1% of the popula...
Background: Epilepsy is a disorder characterized by repeated seizures due to the disorder of the neu...
  Objective: This study attempts to get an insight into the utilization pattern of anti-epileptic ...
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the pattern of prescription of Antiepileptic drugs (AED) in children with epi...
Introduction: Drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) is a top-priority social health problem which requires e...
Background: Epilepsy is the most common neurological condition with 65 million cases of active epile...
Introducción: la prevalencia global de la epilepsia en Colombia es 1.13% y en pacientes de 65 años o...
International audienceBackground: The World Health Organization estimates that 50 million people wor...
Background: Epilepsy is a challenging medical problem in India with an annual incidence of 27.27 per...
Resumen: Introducción: La epilepsia constituye un problema neurológico común caracterizado por conv...
Introduction: This study examines the indications according to which antiepileptic drugs are prescri...
Resumen: Introducción: Determinar las indicaciones por las cuales se prescriben y utilizan antiepil...
12 P.Objectives: Identify drug interactions of old antiepileptic drugs with antidepressants and an...
PURPOSE: To evaluate the pattern of prescription of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) and other medications...
Considerando el impacto de Factores Psicosociales y Culturales (FPC) sobre el éxito de la terapia fa...
Background: Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disorder which affects about 0.5% to 1% of the popula...
Background: Epilepsy is a disorder characterized by repeated seizures due to the disorder of the neu...
  Objective: This study attempts to get an insight into the utilization pattern of anti-epileptic ...
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the pattern of prescription of Antiepileptic drugs (AED) in children with epi...
Introduction: Drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) is a top-priority social health problem which requires e...
Background: Epilepsy is the most common neurological condition with 65 million cases of active epile...
Introducción: la prevalencia global de la epilepsia en Colombia es 1.13% y en pacientes de 65 años o...
International audienceBackground: The World Health Organization estimates that 50 million people wor...
Background: Epilepsy is a challenging medical problem in India with an annual incidence of 27.27 per...