[Adverse effects and errors in antieplieptic therapy]

Reporting 6 cases of patients who presented many psychiatric and somatic symptoms consequently to different antiepilectic treatments, the authors demonstrate that the careful changing of the therapeutic avoided these inconvenients, without jeopardizing the control of the epileptic seizures. The necessity for the specialists to be attentive to these side effects is emphasized. Based on their own experience the authors suggest a few rules to prevent and correct these inconvenients.