What Doctors Don't Tell YouAmerican doctors have found that melatonin the supplement used to help improve sleep patterns can cause seizures in children, and make attacks more frequent if the child already suffers from them. ...
British government researchers have discovered that the DTP (diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis) and MMR (measles-mumps-rubella) vaccines can increase risk of seizure five-fold. Their findings are nearl ...
The sudden stopping of drug therapy to epileptic children does not increase the risk of seizure. ...
Two thirds of patients weaned from anti epileptic drugs have remained seizure free, according to the biggest study of its kind on anti convulsants. ...
Although the dose should be corrected according to the individual patient, often it is determined by habit rather than rational assessment (Br J Psych, 1992; 160: 621-37). Individual patients have ...
Clozaril (clozapine) has been seen as the last great hope for seriously schizophrenic patients who have not been helped by other antipsychotic drugs. Not only did patients show real improvements with Clozaril, they were free of the embarrassing...
In the last five years it has become virtual dogma that a low fat diet is a healthy diet. The same people who 20 years ago used to urge us to eat plenty of meat and cheese now encourage us toward ...
Prescribing anticonvulsants is an ineffective way of controlling neonatal seizures, say researchers. ...
Each type of antiepileptic drug brings with it the risk of different types of seizures.
New evidence shows that vaccines, allergies or nutritional deficiencies may bring on epileptic seizures, and certain simple dietary changes may control them without drugs. ...
