[Compliance with Antiepileptic Drugs]

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Journal Nervenarzt

Specialty Neurology

Date 2008 Jan 31

PMID 18231764

Citations 3

Authors

U Specht

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Abstract

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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