COMMENT: This is a short review of an important subject especially for psychiatrists and neurologists. Apart from the usual warnings about inactivating the effects of oral contraceptives (OCs) by the antiepileptic potent CYP3A4 inducers (e.g., phenobarbital, phenytoin, etc), there is also a warning about the induction BY oral contraceptives of the UGTs responsible for lamotrigine [...]
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