title: Pharmacokinetics of new antiepileptic drugs.
abstract: This article surveys the pharmacokinetic parameters for the new antiepileptic drugs (AEDs): felbamate, gabapentin, lamotrigine, oxcarbazepine, tiagabine, topiramate, and vigabatrin. Compared to the pharmacokinetics of standard AEDs, these new AEDs have progressed in terms of (a) longer half-lives, permitting once- or twice-daily dosing, (b) greatly reduced potential for drug interactions, thus increasing ease of treatment, and (c) general lack of hepatic enzyme induction, which facilitates polytherapy as well as other aspects of treatment.
authors.affiliation: University Clinic of Neurology, Hvidovre Hospital, Denmark.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gram
mesh_terms: D000085:Acetates / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000588:Amines; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001682:Biological Availability; D002220:Carbamazepine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003509:Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids; D004790:Enzyme Induction / Q000187:drug effects; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000078328:Felbamate; D005632:Fructose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000077206:Gabapentin; D006207:Half-Life; D006801:Humans; D000077213:Lamotrigine; D009557:Nipecotic Acids / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000078330:Oxcarbazepine; D048448:Phenylcarbamates; D011409:Propylene Glycols / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000078308:Tiagabine; D000077236:Topiramate; D014227:Triazines / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D020888:Vigabatrin; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000085:Acetates; D000588:Amines; D000927:Anticonvulsants; D003509:Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids; D009557:Nipecotic Acids; D048448:Phenylcarbamates; D011409:Propylene Glycols; D014227:Triazines; D000077236:Topiramate; D005632:Fructose; D002220:Carbamazepine; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; D000077206:Gabapentin; D020888:Vigabatrin; D000077213:Lamotrigine; D000078330:Oxcarbazepine; D000078328:Felbamate; D000078308:Tiagabine