Treatment with vigabatrin carries the risk of permanent vision loss. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the approval of Sabril® (vigabatrin; Lundbeck) to include treatment of ...

Although its exact mechanism in the treatment of partial-onset seizures is unknown, cenobamate has been shown to reduce repetitive neuronal firing by inhibiting voltage-gated sodium currents. The Food ...

CT Mirror’s independent, nonprofit journalism depends on reader support. U.S. Rep. John Larson, D-1st District, suffered a “complex partial seizure” that caused him to freeze and abruptly stop ...

About 60-70% of focal epilepsy patients achieve seizure control with first-line antiseizure medications (ASMs). Lamotrigine and levetiracetam demonstrate high efficacy and tolerability for seizure ...

New options in use or under development include devices and gene and cell therapies aimed at resetting or rehabilitating the brain circuits that cause seizures. Dreamstime/TNS PHOENIX — Medication has ...

Since 1983, eight new AEDs have been introduced (see Table 2 below). Sadly, a recent VA study of more than 21,000 subjects aged 65 years and older revealed that 80% were being treated with ...

Like many teenagers, Danielle Holton's first car was a ticket to freedom. At age 17, she bought a used Hyundai wagon from her mom, paying for it with money from her job as a certified nursing ...

Individuals with epilepsy and depression had a higher psychiatric comorbidity burden linked to shorter duration of initial therapy and a higher risk of treatment failure, data show.“Limited research ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Connecticut U.S. Rep. John Larson, who inexplicably stopped speaking during a speech Monday on the House of Representatives floor, said Tuesday night he had suffered a complex ...

U.S. Rep. John Larson, D-1st District, suffered a “complex partial seizure” that caused him to freeze and abruptly stop speaking while delivering a floor speech on Monday, according to a statement ...