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Phenytoin toxicity secondary to an oxcarbazepine-phenytoin 2C19 interaction.
Psychosomatics
March 2011
correspondence and M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital-McLean Dept. of Psychiatry, Boston, MA, USA.
Background: Polytherapy is common in the management of bipolar disorder, as are the side effects associated with this treatment strategy.
Objective: The authors review the literature on drug-drug interactions involving oxcarbazepine and identify specific mechanisms that may have clinical importance.
Method: The authors provide a case report of a patient who developed phenytoin toxicity associated with an oxcarbazepine-phenytoin interaction.