Availability and Costs of Antiepileptic Drugs and Quality of Phenobarbital in Vientiane Municipality, Lao PDR

Abstract

A variety of AEDs are present. Their availability, particularly of phenobarbital, is restricted to higher-category pharmacies and within those it is rather limited. To meet the costs of AEDs in this setting is a major challenge for people with epilepsy. However, the quality of the available phenobarbital was rather satisfactory.