Poor seizure control, lack of breastfeeding education from a neurologist or lactation consultant, are factors contributing to lower breastfeeding rates in women with epilepsy, compared with the general population.
Children who suffer from infantile spasms (IS) may be at increased risk for developing autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but very few of their siblings are at risk for epilepsy or ASD, according to study results presented at the American Epilepsy Society 2019 Annual Meeting, held in Baltimore, Maryland from December 6 to 10. Previous studies…
Researchers found once-daily eslicarbazepine was effective, well-tolerated, and associated with improvements in HRQoL in pateints with focal seizures.
The FDA has accepted for filing and granted Priority Review to the New Drug Application (NDA) for Fintepla (low-dose fenfluramine oral solution; Zogenix) for the treatment for seizures associated with Dravet syndrome.
Levetiracetam, fosphenytoin, valproate treat seizures unresponsive to benzodiazepine in children, adults
The product was approved in May based on data from the phase 3, placebo-controlled ARTEMIS 1 trial that evaluated the safety and efficacy of the intranasal benzodiazepine in 292 patients.
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.
Laura H. Goldstein, PhD, MPhil, from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience at King’s College London, United Kingdom, and colleagues evaluated demographic and clinical data from 698 adults with dissociative seizures.
Seizure-related increases in serum serotonin (5-HT) levels are associated with a reduced incidence of seizure-related breathing dysfunction.
There have been 118 more reports of electronic cigarette users suffering seizures since the FDA first warned the public about the danger in April, bringing the total number of reported cases to 127 between 2010 and 2019.
