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NAVARRO BARRIOS, Juan Carlos; MORALES ANDUEZA, Raquel  e  CANABATE PRADOS, Anselmo. Nuevos antiepilépticos, ¿nuevas alternativas terapéuticas?. rev.colomb.psiquiatr. [online]. 2002, vol.31, n.3, pp.237-246. ISSN 0034-7450.

The anticonvulsants, such as carbamazepine and sodium válproate, have been used for decades in the treatment of different psychiatric pathologies, especiálly in affective disorders and personálity disorders. Recently new antiepileptics such as oxcarhazepine, lamotrigine, gabapentin and topiramate have been marketed. The presera article reuiews the pharmacoki-netic properties and pharmacodyna-mics ofthese producís, the main stu-dies puhlished ahout their effective-ness in the treatment of bipolar di-sorder and acate manía, their probable therapeutic indications, and their most common adverse effects .

Palavras-chave : : mood disordes ; anticonvulsants ; Substances ; topiramate ; gabapentin ; lamotrigine .

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