[Compliance with antiepileptic drugs].
Inadequate adherence to a prescribed medication regimen, so-called noncompliance (NC), occurs in 30-50% of patients with epilepsy and is thought to be a major cause of insufficient seizure control. This article gives an overview on how NC can be diagnosed, its causes, which patient groups are at risk, and which interventions are suitable to improve or maintain compliance.
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Rehabiliationsabteilung für Anfallskranke und Abteilung für junge Erwachsene, Epilepsie-Zentrum Bethel/Kliniken, Krankenhaus Mara, Maraweg 21, Bielefeld, Germany. ulrich.specht@mara.de
D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000592:standards*; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005858:Germany; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000592:standards*
D000927:Anticonvulsants