Trends in Prescribing of Antiseizure Medications in South Korea: Real-World Evidence for Treated Patients With Epilepsy.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

We investigated the trends in the prescribing of antiseizure medication (ASM) over a 9-year period, and provide real-world data regarding ASM prescriptions of patients with epilepsy in South Korea.

Methods

This study used data in the Korean National Health Information Database for the period from 2009 to 2017. We included 18 oral ASMs, which were classified into older and newer ASMs based on them first becoming available on the market before or after 1991, respectively. The annual trends in ASM prescriptions were plotted over the 9-year study period, and changes in these trends were evaluated as average annual percentage changes (AAPCs) using Poisson regression. Age- and sex-stratified analyses were also conducted.

Results

Overall, the proportio

SUBMITTER: Kang KW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8926764 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature