A Study of the Adverse Drug Effect Profile of Phenytoin in A Tertiary Hospital in North East IndiaA Study of the Adverse Drug Effect Profile of Phenytoin in A Tertiary Hospital in North East India
Abstract:Introduction: Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disorder characterized by recurrent seizures of cerebral origin which have been known to inflict mankind since ancient times. The seizure nearly always correlates with an abnormal EEG discharge. Epilepsy continues to be one of the commonest disorders seen in neurology clinics all over the world. Hence the antiepileptic drugs are the most abundantly prescribed drugs by the neurologist and phenytoin being the most effective, it is widely prescribed as first line d… Show more
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