Epilepsy is a common brain disorder, characterized by spontaneous recurrent seizures, with associated neuropsychiatric and cognitive comorbidities and increased mortality. Although people at risk can often be identified, interventions to prevent the deve
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Even after the cause has been identified, seizures that are resistant to adequate medication are still difficult to treat. In this case, according to Gunawan, surgery can be an alternative. Unfortunately, not all health facilities can perform epilepsy surgery. With the current technological...
On enrollment in this trial, clinical research physicians will obtain information from the patients including age, sex, past history, current medication, causative disease of pain (central post-stroke pain, post–spinal cord injury pain, failed back surgery syndrome, complex regional pain syndrome, ...
I’m dependent upon cannabis, the same way I’m dependent upon my epilepsy medication, or blood pressure medication to keep me alive. I couldn’t live without any of them. It’s all medicinal use. Whatever your drug of choice, if you share the experience with a group, your use is ...
(NME). A medication containing an active ingredient that has not been previously approved for marketing in any form in the United States. Rights and permissions Reprints and permissions About this article Cite this article Swinney, D., Anthony, J. How were new medicines discovered?. Nat Rev ...
Epilepsy ACT CEO Fiona Allardyce said Epilepsy Smart Australia was a “game-changer” for the thousands of people living with the condition in the Territory, and their support networks. “We have no high end specialists in the ACT and a lot of the time, the latest information is not flowin...
The presymptomatic treatment involves administering a combination of anti-seizure medication andlow-dose aspirin. Previously, intervention did not begin until after patients were already experiencing seizures. However, by that point, infants often developed brain injuries due to venous strokes, leading to...
Dr. Rodriguez Rosario says that in addition to epilepsy, VNS stimulators are effective in treating depression and headaches. “It helps to reduce the need for pain medication,” she says, “and because it’s FDA-approved, it’s covered by most insurance.” ...
UCB will present 29 abstracts, including 4 late breakers, at American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting 2023 highlighting clinical, health economic and...