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Metabolic acidosis with topiramate and zonisamide: an assessment of its severity and predictors.
Pharmacogenetics and genomics - 1 May 2011
Mirza Nasir S, Alfirevic Ana, Jorgensen Andrea, Marson Anthony G, Pirmohamed Munir
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OBJECTIVE: Carbonic anhydrase (CA) inhibitors topiramate and zonisamide can induce metabolic acidosis in some patients. Our aims were to assess the prevalence and severity of this acidosis and to determine its predictors. METHODS: For 70 patients established on treatment with topiramate (n=55) or zonisamide (n=14) or both (n=1), we measured electrolytes, and genotyped single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the...
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