Modified Atkins Diet Plus Drug Therapy Beneficial in Drug-Resistant Epilepsy
Modified Atkins diet added to standard drug treatment more effective for reducing seizure frequency than standard drug therapy alone
Modified Atkins diet added to standard drug treatment more effective for reducing seizure frequency than standard drug therapy alone
Magnitude of the association increased with the number of antiepileptic drugs prescribed
The FDA has approved Sezaby (phenobarbital sodium powder for injection) for the treatment of neonatal seizures in term and preterm infants.
ALS treatment news; Evusheld fact sheet update; an at-home epilepsy diagnostic aid gets cleared; drug recalls; and a laser therapy for fibromyalgia.
Risks for ASD, intellectual disability may be increased with prenatal exposure to topiramate, valproate, certain duotherapies
Those with active or inactive epilepsy are also more likely to have Medicaid and other public insurance
Lowest quality of life reported for those with posttraumatic epilepsy, drug-resistant epilepsy
Dose-normalized concentrations of lamotrigine, levetiracetam, lacosamide, oxcarbazepine, and zonisamide decreased during pregnancy
Initiating oxcarbazepine, but not levetiracetam, linked to increased incidence rate ratio for nontrauma fracture
No significant differences in language development seen at age 2 years for children born to mothers with epilepsy