Same Medicine To Treat Depression And Epilepsy
Medications
Anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) include many types of medications but all act as anticonvulsants. Many newer AEDs are better tolerated than the older, standard AEDs, although they can still have troublesome side effects. Newer AEDs often cause less sedation and require less monitoring than older drugs. Although newer AEDs are generally FDA-approved for use as add-ons to standard drugs that have failed to control seizures, they are often prescribed as single drugs. Specific choices...
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