[Risk of overtreatment: not to be neglected. The example of antiepileptic drugs].
Overtreatment (unnecessary treatment, excessive drug dosages, unjustified polypharmacy) alters the risk-benefit ratio. Its prevention requires the recognition of the situations and the understanding of the mechanisms leading to it. The pharmacological treatment of epilepsy exposes to such a risk and serves as an example for its detection and correction.
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Division de pharmacologie et toxicologie cliniques, Département de médecine Hôpital Beaumont, CHUV, Lausanne. laura.rothuizen@chuv.ch
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