What Doctors Don't Tell YouThe antiepileptic drug lamotrigine (marketed as Lamictal) is yet another drug that is being used for a different purpose than that for which it was originally intended. ...
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 ...
Q:Our son Ian died last year. He was 35, mentally handicapped and had epilepsy. He lived with us at home. He used to take Epilim, Tegretol and folic acid every day. Last year he was prescribed ...
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. ...
Valproate is a powerful anti-epileptic drug. In fact, you could say that it doesn't take prisoners. But now researchers have discovered that it can affect the next generation, too. A study of 219 mothers who were taking valproate when they were...
The epilepsy drug valproate may cause reproductive and hormonal disorders in women, according to research. ...
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. ...
It is the second most common neurological disorder after stroke - affecting one in 2000 people. However, this is not a simple disorder, but a group of central nervous system (CNS) disorders
