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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1981-2-19
pubmed:abstractText
The effect of progressive dose increments on the steady-state serum concentration of carbamazepine has been investigated prospectively in 20 adult institutionalised epileptic patients receiving long term therapy with the drug. In all but 1 subject, a strong positive correlation between the serum carbamazepine concentration and the prescribed daily dose was found. The relationship appeared to be linear over the dosage range examined (600 to 1400mg in most patients). In some patients, a trend was observed for the extrapolated regression lines to yield positive y-axis intercepts. The latter were significantly different from zero in 3 patients. Although these findings suggest that the relationship between serum carbamazepine concentration and dose may be curvilinear over the lower range of doses, further studies are required to clarify this point.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0312-5963
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
576-82
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Effect of dose increments on serum carbamazepine concentration in epileptic patients.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't