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Σύμφωνα με το άρθρο μπορεί να υπάρξει αυξημένη τοξικότητα ή μειωμένη αποτελεσματικότητα και των δύο κατηγοριών φαρμάκων όταν συγχορηγούνται.!!

Οι επιπτώσεις είναι μεγαλύτερες όπου οι επιλογές είναι λιγότερες δηλ., σε φτωχές χώρες.
9Μιά από τις φτωχές χώρες σε λίγο θα είναι και η Ελλάδα...)

Αλλη μια συνέπεια των Πολιτικών Επιλογών της Φαρμακοβιομηχανίας...που αναλαμβάνει δράσεις στα πλαίσια της Εταιρικής Κοινωνικής Ευθύνης -ΕΚΕ- στηρίζοντας ΜΚΟ του χώρου..του HIV/AIDS και στην Ελλάδα...

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New Guidelines Issued for Combining HIV, Seizure Meds

By Alan Mozes
Thursday, January 5, 2012
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WEDNESDAY, Jan. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Physicians need to take care when prescribing seizure medication to HIV/AIDS patients to prevent harmful interactions between drugs, experts warn.

The cautionary note from the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) has led to the issuance of a new AAN guideline, which was developed in consultation with the International League Against Epilepsy.

"It is important that patients know exactly which drugs they are taking and provide that information to all prescribing health care providers caring for them," lead guideline author Dr. Gretchen L. Birbeck, of Michigan State University, said in an AAN news release.

"Doctors may need to watch and adjust drug doses in people with HIV/AIDS who take seizure drugs," added Birbeck, who is also an AAN fellow.

Seizures and related disorders are not uncommon among HIV patients, according to Birbeck and colleagues.
It is estimated that at least 10 percent of HIV patients experience seizures, they noted.

In the new guideline, published in the Jan. 4 online editions of both Neurology and Epilepsia, the research team cautioned that effectiveness of either set of drugs can be compromised when specific seizure medications are taken alongside certain HIV/AIDS treatments.
Increased toxicity is another potential issue.

For example, levels of HIV/AIDS drugs can actually drop when they come into contact with certain seizure medications, such as phenytoin, phenobarbital and carbamazepine.
The risk: an HIV drug regimen might fail, the authors pointed out.

One way Birbeck's team hopes to mitigate against such risk is to outline the correct dosages of seizure drugs.
They noted that dangerous drug interactions may be avoidable if medications are prescribed in the right amounts.

The research team also said that the threat of harmful drug interactions is highest in places where drug choices are the most curtailed.
That means that patients in poorer countries, where most HIV/AIDS patients now live, are particularly vulnerable.

"Future research should target epilepsy and HIV/AIDS drug combinations where choices are limited, such as in developing countries, to better understand the risk of these drug interactions," Birbeck said in the news release.

SOURCE: American Academy of Neurology, news release, Jan. 4, 2012