TY - JOUR AU - Sari, Santi Purna AU - Salma S, Natasha Kurnia AU - Rianti, Alfina PY - 2018/12/20 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - MONITORING OF ANTICONVULSANT DRUG SIDE EFFECTS IN OUTPATIENTS WITH EPILEPSY JF - International Journal of Applied Pharmaceutics JA - Int J App Pharm VL - 10 IS - 1 SE - Original Article(s) DO - 10.22159/ijap.2018.v10s1.67 UR - https://journals.innovareacademics.in/index.php/ijap/article/view/31527 SP - 303-306 AB - <p><strong>Objective</strong>: This study aimed to monitor the side effects of carbamazepine, phenytoin, and valproic acid, and combinations of these drugs in adult<br />patients with epilepsy, to raise awareness of the importance of drug side effect monitoring in hospitals.<br /><strong>Methods</strong>: In this prospective study, descriptive data were collected from patients who met the inclusion criteria of complete samples. Primary data<br />were obtained using questionnaires, secondary data were collected from medical records, and analyses were performed using the Naranjo algorithm.<br /><strong>Results</strong>: Among the 54 included patients, 38 (70.37%) of them experienced drug side effects, and the most frequently observed side effect occurred<br />in 48.15% of study subjects.<br /><strong>Conclusion</strong>: No correlation was identified between side effects and age (p=0.903) or gender (p=1.000).</p> ER -