Visual fields and tiagabine: A quandary

TY - JOUR

T1 - Visual fields and tiagabine

T2 - A quandary

AU - Kaufman, Kenneth R.

AU - Lepore, Frederick E.

AU - Keyser, Bruce J.

PY - 2001

Y1 - 2001

N2 - This case report describes the development of asymptomatic visual field defects (VFDs) in a psychiatric patient with bipolar disorder receiving adjunctive tiagabine treatment. These defects were apparently reversible upon the discontinuation of tiagabine. Controlled clinical trials are indicated to determine if this finding is indicative of a class effect for all GABAergic antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), as already noted with vigabatrin, or if this case represents an incidental finding with tiagabine (41 references).

AB - This case report describes the development of asymptomatic visual field defects (VFDs) in a psychiatric patient with bipolar disorder receiving adjunctive tiagabine treatment. These defects were apparently reversible upon the discontinuation of tiagabine. Controlled clinical trials are indicated to determine if this finding is indicative of a class effect for all GABAergic antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), as already noted with vigabatrin, or if this case represents an incidental finding with tiagabine (41 references).

KW - Adverse effects

KW - Antiepileptic drugs

KW - Bipolar disorder

KW - Carbamazepine

KW - Epilepsy

KW - GABA

KW - Goldmann perimetry

KW - Hymphrey perimetry

KW - Psychiatry

KW - Tiagabine

KW - Topiramate

KW - Treatment

KW - Vigabatrin

KW - Visual field defects

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U2 - 10.1053/seiz.2001.0543

DO - 10.1053/seiz.2001.0543

M3 - Article

C2 - 11749112

SN - 1059-1311

VL - 10

SP - 525

EP - 529

JO - Seizure

JF - Seizure

IS - 7

ER -