Guidelines Stress Caution When Combining Anti-Epileptic, HIV Drugs
Friday, January 13, 2012 at 9:00AM 
New guidelines from the American Academy of Neurology will help physicians better choose seizure drugs for people on HIV/AIDS medication, avoiding deadly drug interactions and preventing critical anti-HIV drugs from becoming less effective, possibly leading to a more virulent strain of the disease.
Michigan State University's Gretchen Birbeck -- who spends several months each year in the sub-Sahara African nation of Zambia researching epilepsy, HIV /AIDS and cerebral malaria -- is the lead author of the medical guideline, which was co-developed with the World Health Organization through the International League Against Epilepsy.
According to the World Health Organization, more than 33 million people worldwide were living with HIV in 2009. Seizure disorders are common among people with HIV,
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