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Review

Volume 5, Number 6, December 2015, pages 267-276


Evidence for Efficacy of Combination of Antiepileptic Drugs in Treatment of Epilepsy

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1. The isobolographic analysis of pharmacodynamic interactions [13].
Figure 2.
Figure 2. Lamotrigine substitution for each of the above AEDs [55].

Table

Table 1. The Evidences of Combination of AEDs in Animal Models
 
AuthorEfficacyToxicity
Classical AEDs
  VPA + ESMBourgeois [12]AdditiveInfra-additive
  CBZ + VPABourgeois [24]AdditiveInfra-additive
  PB + VPABourgeois [24]AdditiveAdditive
  CBZ + PBBourgeois [25]AdditiveAdditive
  PHT+ PBWeaver [26]
Masuda [27]
Bourgeois [28]
Supra-additive
Supra-additive
Additive
Additive
No information
Infra-additive
  VPA + PHTChez [29]Supra-additiveAdditive
Classical + novel AEDs
  TPM + (CBZ/PB)Shank [30]Supra-additiveNo information
  TPM + PHTShank [30]AdditiveNo information
  GBP + (CBZ/VPA/PHT/PB)Borowicz [31]Supra-additiveAdditive
  FBM + PBBorowicz [32]Supra-additiveNo information
  ZNS + (VPA/PHT)Borowicz [33]Supra-additive/additiveNo information
  ZNS + (PB/CBZ)Borowicz [33]AdditiveNo information
  LEV + (VPA/CLZ/PB/ESM)Dudra-Jastrzebska [34]Supra-additiveNo information
  STP + VPALuszczki [35]Infra-additiveNo information
  STP + CLBLuszczki [35]AdditiveNo information
  STP + CBZLuszczki [36]Supra-additive/additive/infra-additiveNo information
  PGB + CBZLuszczki [37]AdditiveNo information
  TGB + VPALuszczki [38]Additive (pharmacodynamic)No information
  TGB + VPALuszczki [39]Supra-additive (pharmacokinetic)No information
  OXC + PHTLuszczki + Czuczwar [40]Infra-additiveNo information
  OXC + CLZLuszczki + Czuczwar [40]Supra-additive/infra-additiveNo information
  OXC + (CBZ/VPA/PB)Luszczki + Czuczwar [40]AdditiveNo information
  LMG + PBLuszczki [41]Supra-additiveSupra-additive
  LMG + PHTLuszczki [41]AdditiveNo information
  LMG + VPALuszczki [41]Supra-additiveNo information
Novel AEDs
  TPM + LMGLuszczki [41]Supra-additiveInfra-additive
  GBP + LMGBorowicz [31]Supra-additiveNo information
  LEV + GBPDudra-Jastrzebska [42]Supra-additiveNo information
  LEV + (TGB/VGB)Dudra-Jastrzebska [42]AdditiveNo information
  PGB + (TGB/VGB)Luszczki [43]Supra-additive/additiveNo information
  PGB + (LEV+VGB)Luszczki [43]AdditiveNo information
  PGB + (LMG/OXC/TPM)Luszczki [44]AdditiveNo information
  LEV + FBMLuszczki [45]Supra-additiveNo information
  TPM + GBPLuszczki [46]Supra-additiveAdditive
  VGB + TGBLuszczki + Czuczwar [47]Supra-additive (PTZ)/additive (MES)No information
  TPM + FBMLuszczki + Czuczwar [48]Supra-additiveInfra-additive
  TPM + OXCLuszczki + Czuczwar [48]Supra-additiveAdditive
  OXC + FBMLuszczki + Czuczwar [48]Infra-additiveAdditive
  OXC + LMGLuszczki + Czuczwar [48]Infra-additiveSupra-additive
  TGB + GBPLuszczki + Czuczwar [49]Supra-additiveAdditive