GABAPENTIN TREATMENT OF SEIZURES IN ACUTE INTERMITTENT PORPHYRIA

Authors
TATUM WO ZACHARIAH SB
Citation
Wo. Tatum et Sb. Zachariah, GABAPENTIN TREATMENT OF SEIZURES IN ACUTE INTERMITTENT PORPHYRIA, Neurology, 45(6), 1995, pp. 1216-1217
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00283878
Volume
45
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1216 - 1217
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3878(1995)45:6<1216:GTOSIA>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Most antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) available have demonstrated porphyroge nicity in hepatic porphyrias. Gabapentin is a new AED not appreciably metabolized by the liver in humans. We report two patients with acute intermittent porphyria successfully treated with gabapentin without it s inducing porphyric crisis.