“…No information is available, however, on the binding of VPA in disease states such as renal failure or hepatic disease, which have been described to be associated with reduced binding of phenytoin (Reidenberg, Odar-Cederlof, von Bahr, Borga & Sjoqvist, 1971;Hooper, Bochner, Eadie & Tyrer, 1974). Alterations in protein binding may be of considerable importance, since they can profoundly affect the pharmacokinetics of drugs (Schoenemann, Yesair, Coffey & Bullock, 1973;Gugler, Shoeman, Huffman, Cohlmia & Azarnoff, 1975). Furthermore, the interpretation of drug plasma levels can become meaningless, if changes in protein binding are not taken into consideration .…”