What Doctors Don't Tell YouDRUG ALERTS: New warnings
The majority of neurologists in a recent survey admit that they do little to protect the bones of patients taking antiepileptic drugs (AEDs).
Prescribing anticonvulsants is an ineffective way of controlling neonatal seizures, say researchers. ...
A range of epilepsy drugs can cause serious skin disorders, such as Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis. ...
Q:I first had an epileptic seizure 32 years ago, and for the following 10 years had about two grandmal seizures a year. Following the first episode I was put on phenobarbitone, which I have rema ...
The anticonvulsive phenytoin may cause severe gum damage, according to a recent case study. ...
Doctors who dismissed as an old wives' remedy the use of magnesium to treat pregnant women with eclampsia may have to think again. ...
Children who suffer their first ever epilepsy seizure are no worse off for having any treatment delayed to see if a second seizure occurs, researchers have discovered. ...
The epilepsy drug phenytoin can cause brain damage in babies if taken during pregnancy, according to a Canadian study. ...
Q My four-year-old daughter started having seizures last April. In just 14 months, she has had a total of eight, one every two weeks. She had just started being vaccinated,
