Release of levetiracetam from extended-release tablets that appear intact in patient stool
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Release of levetiracetam from extended-release tablets that appear intact in patient stool
Many antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) are extended-release (ER) tablets, such that an entire day’s dose is taken only once or twice daily. A patient taking four levetiracetam ER 500 mg tablets twice daily was alarmed when, after switching from a generic manufactured by Sun to a generic manufactured by Lupin, ER tablet remnants appeared as intact tablets in his stool, suggesting no drug was absorbed. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Seizure
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1059-1311
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2016.05.011