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Gabapentin Treatment of Seizures in Acute Intermittent Porphyria
Neurol 45:1216-1217, Tatum,W.O.&Zachariah,S.B., 1995
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Article Abstract
Most antiepileptic drugs(AEDs)available have demonstrated porphyrogenicity in hepatic porphyrias.Gabapentin is a new AED no appreciably metabolized by the liver in humans.We report two patients with acute intermittent porphyria successfully treated with gabapentin without its inducing porphyric crisis.
 
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