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dc.contributor.authorKore Liowen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-05T16:13:28Z
dc.date.available2009-05-05T16:13:28Z
dc.date.issued2004-01-12en_US
dc.identifier.citationKore Liow: Understanding patients' perspective in the use of generic antiepileptic drugs: compelling lessons for physicians to improve physician/patient communication. BMC Neurology 2009, 9(1):11.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2271/588en_US
dc.description.abstract"BACKGROUND:Epilepsy is a condition in which consistency of treatment is paramount to successful management and for most patients, effective seizure control can be achieved. Given the severe consequences of even a single breakthrough seizure, patients should be afforded every opportunity to succeed on their given regimens.DISCUSSION:Some experts argue that global policy on generic antiepileptic drug substitution in epilepsy should be limited occurring at the discretion of and with careful monitoring by the physician. While the debate continues, physicians still have daily responsibilities to their patients to help them best manage their epilepsy within the context of the current environment the reality of which may involve switching to a generic antiepileptic drug or navigating various formulations between generics.SUMMARY:To provide context, this paper first reviews the main ""hot button"" issues fueling the ongoing generic debate, including a broad overview of the current state of the literature. The main goal however is to provide physicians with a patient perspective on generic antiepileptic drug use in epilepsy as a source of clinically useful, everyday advice to improve communication and increase patient self-advocacy, both of which are necessary for optimal patient outcome."en_US
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dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherBioMedCentralen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2377/9/11en_US
dc.relation.hasversionhttp://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2377-9-11.pdfen_US
dc.rightsThis is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0en_US
dc.subject.meshFerric Compounds/ chemistryen_US
dc.subject.meshHemodialysis Solutions/chemistryen_US
dc.subject.meshIron/ chemistryen_US
dc.subject.meshIron-Dextran Complex/ chemistryen_US
dc.subject.meshMembranes, Artificialen_US
dc.subject.meshRenal Dialysis/ instrumentation/methodsen_US
dc.titleUnderstanding patients' perspective in the use of generic antiepileptic drugs: compelling lessons for physicians to improve physician/patient communicationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/1471-2377-9-11en_US
dc.identifier.pmidPMC14718064en_US
dc.rights.accessrightsopenAccessen_US
dc.date.captured2009-04-27en_US


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This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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