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Phenobarbital

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The effect of BCNU, bleomycin, chloramphenicol, cisplatin, dicoumarol, disulfiram, ketogenic diet, pindolol, propoxyphene, teniposide, thioridazine, tipranavir/ritonavir, troleandomycin and vinblastine on the pharmacokinetics of phenobarbital are described. Also, potential pharmacodynamic interactions 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). Phenobarbital. In: Antiepileptic Drug Interactions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32909-3_45

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