Trends in enzyme-inducing antiseizure medication use: A retrospective analysis among adults with epilepsy.
Epilepsy Behav
; 152: 109662, 2024 Mar.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Enzyme-inducing antiseizure medications (EIASMs) were associated with drug interactions and long-term adverse effects. Therefore, it was suggested that epilepsy treatment should be started with non-EIASMs, and in patients treated with EIASMs, replacement with non-EIASMs should be evaluatedOBJECTIVE:
To assess potent EIASM use among patients with epilepsy at their first visit in our epilepsy outpatient clinic.METHODS:
We retrospectively reviewed the computerized database and the medical records of all the patients who had their first visit in our outpatient epilepsy clinic during a 10-year period (2012-2021). Of 730 patients with ASM treated epilepsy, 243 (33%) were receiving potent EIASMs.RESULTS:
The annual potent EIASM use decreased from 35.1 % in 2012 to 11.8 % in 2021. Most of the patients who received potent EIASM had their first visit during 2012-2015 compared to the following years (56.8 % vs 43.2 %) (p = 0.0001). Patients with epilepsy receiving potent EIASMs were older (44.3 vs 34.7) (p = 0.0001), more likely men (60.9 % vs 47.2 %) (p = 0.001), with longer disease duration (13 vs 9.3 y) (p = 0.0001), higher rate of neuropsychiatric comorbidity (37 % vs 27.9 %) (p = 0.014), and were treated with more ASMs (1.6 vs 1.3) (p = 0.0001) compared to patients receiving non-EIASMs.CONCLUSIONS:
Potent EIASM use has been declining over the past decade. Additional efforts to further decrease EIASM use should be exerted among all patients with ASM-treated epilepsy, with emphasis on men with focal epilepsy and epilepsy duration > 10 years.Palavras-chave
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Epilepsias Parciais
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Epilepsia
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Risk_factors_studies
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Adult
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Humans
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Male
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En
Ano de publicação:
2024
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Article