By Nikki Kean
Up to one-third of older patients with epilepsy receive a combination of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) and non-epilepsy medications that could cause potentially dangerous pharmacokinetic (PK) interactions, according to a new study.
In addition, one in five older patients with new-onset epilepsy received a drug combination that altered the effect of the AED and potentially could cause toxicity, noted the authors, led by Edward Faught, MD, of the Department of Neurology at Emory