A Survey on the Awareness of Epilepsy Treatments in Community Pharmacies
Feedback rates to physicians regarding interactions requiring precautions and threshold-lowering drugs were 50% or less, and prior confirmation when switching to generic drugs was rare. Further promotion of hospital-pharmacy information sharing is needed for more appropriate seizure management in patients with epilepsy.
Authors
- Shuichiro Neshige (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5879-155X)
- Hiroshi Yoshikawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0624-6039)
- Hirofumi Maruyama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7613-8717)
- Ryo Nishigakiuchi
- Shin Sato (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9359-9400)
- Hiroaki Matsuo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8730-5389)
- Kota Kagawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5805-5069)
- Kenji Fujii (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6603-6362)
- Koji Iida (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6234-1236)
Institutions
- Hiroshima University (JP)
- Hiroshima University Hospital (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2025-02-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.79249
- Primary Topic
- Epilepsy research and treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00