Anti-seizure medications (ASMs): classification by metabolism

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Anti-seizure medications (ASMs): classification by metabolism. Carbamazepine, Eslicarbazapine, Oxcarbazepine. Fully referenced neurology checklist.

Enzyme inducing AEDs

  • Carbamazepine
  • Eslicarbazapine
  • Oxcarbazepine
  • Perampanel
  • Phenobarbitone
  • Phenytoin
  • Primidone
  • Rufinamide
  • Topiramate

Non-enzyme inducing AEDs

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