Cosmetic Side Effects of Antiepileptic Drugs in Adults With Epilepsy

    December 2014 in “ Epilepsy & behavior ”
    Baibing Chen, Hyeong‐Ah Choi, Lawrence J. Hirsch … Kamil Detyniecki
    Studysummary This study found that weight gain and alopecia were the most common cosmetic side effects of AEDs, with valproic acid and pregabalin being particularly associated with these effects.
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