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Pregabalin

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The pharmacokinetic characteristics of pregabalin are described and the interaction effects of concomitant antiepileptic drugs on pregabalin in terms of its pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics are highlighted.

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  1. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Unit Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, UCL-Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, UK

    Philip N. Patsalos

  2. Chalfont Centre for Epilepsy Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire, UK

    Philip N. Patsalos

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Patsalos, P.N. (2016). Pregabalin. In: Antiepileptic Drug Interactions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32909-3_19

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