Sociodemographic, Clinical Variables, and Quality of Life in Patients with Epilepsy in Mekelle City, Northern Ethiopia

Table 7

Reported adverse drug events of AEDs.

Responsible drug		Adverse drug reaction
	N	Sedation	Gingival hypertrophy	Diplopia	GI discomfort	Dizziness
Phenobarbitone	91	14		1	2	—
Carbamazepine	15	1	—	—	1	2
Phenobarbitone and valproate	23	8	—	—	—	1
Phenobarbitone and carbamazepine	19	1	—	—	2	1
Valproate	8	—	—	1	1	—
Phenytoin	8	1	2	—	—	—
Others^a	10	5	3	—	—	—
Total	175	31	5	2	6	4

Others include: phenobarbitone, carbamazepine, and valproate; phenobarbitone, carbamazepine, and phenytoin; phenytoin and valproate. ^aOnly patients with phenytoin containing regimen experienced gingival hypertrophy.