Epilepsy

It is the first pharmacologic therapy approved in the United States for TSC, a rare genetic disorder that impacts roughly 50,000 patients in the US.

Phenobarbital’s reputation among physicians and patients is aided by its history — its century-plus usage as an anticonvulsant lends to the notion that it’s a safer option. It may not be.

The Embrace smartwatch allows patients with epilepsy to monitor for seizure activity without wearing an EEG

Zogenix announced that the last patient has been randomized into the treatment period of Study 1504, its second Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating ZX008 in Dravet syndrome.

More than half of patients on the epilepsy therapy remained on the treatment after 24 months.

APTIOM provides an important new treatment option for partial-onset seizures in pediatric patients ages 4 and up for adjunctive and monotherapy use.

BRIVIACT and Aptiom were both previously approved for more particular indications in partial-onset seizure treatment.

The seizure-causing condition now inflicts at least 3.4 million US patients, according to the CDC.

Stephanie Chen, MSN, MPH, NP-C, Barrow Neurological Institute, also discussed goals of The VA Epilepsy Centers of Excellence, a national consortium aiming to provide high quality epilepsy care and educational resources to patients and their caregivers.

“Unlikely to have clinically relevant interactions with any commonly prescribed AEDs.”

Multiple sclerosis can lead to seizures. Researchers found the mechanism.

Northwell Health is testing laser ablation for temporal lobe epilepsy.

Don't drink peroxide, even if alternative medicine promotes it.

Physicians need to be more aggressive in treating status epilepticus, prolonged seizures lasting 30 minutes, according to a new guideline from the American Epilepsy Society. Nearly a third of patients who experience this condition die.

Researchers are looking at how cannabidiol interacts with traditional anti-seizure drugs. It appears to have a synergy with one but an antagonistic effect with others.

In cardioverting a patient with atrial fibrillation, physicians accidentally overstimulated an implanted vagal nerve stimulator, harming the patient.

Sudoku puzzles may serve as a "brain workout" but in a case reported in Germany, the exercise proved too strenuous. Solving the puzzles gave a 25-year-old man seizures.

A Canadian company announced it would invest $100 million (US dollars) in Jamaican marijuana research and development. A Colorado company also plans to invest there. Though marijuana has long been grown in Jamaica and exported illegally, the island's government decriminalized medical use in February.

Fred Grossman, DO, FAPA, who serves as the head of Global Clinical Development and Medical Affairs at Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, discusses recent study results that indicated Aptiom (eslicarbazepine acetate), already approved as adjunct therapy for partial-onset seizures, may be effective as a monotherapy for patients with epilepsy.