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Table 2 Types of antiseizure drug use

From: Evaluation of the direct costs of epilepsy in a sample of Egyptian patients following up in Ain Shams University Hospital

 

Frequency

Percentage (%)

Monotherapy antiseizure drugs

100

51.5

 Monotherapy classic antiseizure drugs (carbamazepine, phenytoin, valproate)

79

40.7

 Monotherapy new antiseizure drugs (levetiracetam, topiramate, lamictal)

21

10.8

Polytherapy antiseizure drugs

77

39.7

 Polytherapy classic antiseizure drugs

64

33

 Polytherapy classic and new antiseizure drugs

12

6.2

 Polytherapy new antiseizure drugs

1

0.5

Non-compliance

17

8.8

Total

194

100