Research progress of characteristics and adverse reaction of drug therapy in different development stages of epileptic children
10.13699/j.cnki.1001-6821.2015.02.023
- VernacularTitle:不同发育阶段儿童癫痫的用药特点及不良反应研究进展
- Author:
Jian-Lin YE
1
;
Xiao-Hua XU
;
Rong HONG
;
Kou-Zhu ZHU
;
Yuan HONG
Author Information
1. 无锡市儿童医院 药剂科
- Keywords:
antiepileptic drug;
treatment;
children;
growth and development;
epilepsy
- From:
The Chinese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
2015;(2):155-157
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Epilepsy is one of the most common disease of nervous sys-tem in children, and drug treatment is still the first choice at present.The treatment of children epilepsy is different from adults for there is a special consideration of epileptic therapy in different development sta-ges of children.Infancy stage:the choice of antiepileptic drugs should consider the safety for their immature internal organs.Preschool and school-age stages:the selection of antiepileptic drug should fully con-sider the effects on cognitive function for it′s the key period of development of learning, cognition, and social psychology.Pre-ado-lescence and adolescence stages:the drug therapy should consider its long-term effects on the growth of children.Therefore, the treatment of epilepsy in children needs to focus on drug efficacy and adverse re-actions in different development stages in order to provide some helps for clinic by reviewing the research advance and searching the proof of evidence-based medicine.
