AED/Oral Contraceptive Interactions

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-10-7-9

Keywords:

Oral Contraceptive, Antiepileptic Drug, Carbamazepine

Abstract

A national survey to determine obstetricians’ and neurologists’ awareness of oral contraceptive (OC) and antiepileptic drug (AED) interactions and the risk of birth defects in infants of AED-treated women with epilepsy was conducted by mailed questionnaire at the Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.

Published

1996-07-01

Issue

Section

Antiepileptic Medications