Evidence to Support Suicidality Warning for Newer Antiseizure Meds Lacking
The analysis included 5 antiseizure medications (eslicarbazepine, perampanel, brivaracetam, cannabidiol, and cenobamate) evaluated in 17 randomized clinical trials.
Seizure Disorders
Lithium Compared With Newer Therapies as Adjunct to Antidepressants
The likelihood of help or harm, also known as the risk/benefit ratio, was found to be more favorable for lithium.
Post-Vaxx Febrile Seizures Not Linked to Child Development Outcomes
Young children experiencing an initial vaccine-proximate (VP) febrile seizure (FS) do not have increased risk of developmental or behavioral problems.
Study Author Q&A: CBT for Patients With Dissociative Seizures
To dig deeper into the study and its importance for a growing field, we spoke with Laura H. Goldstein, PhD, of the Department of Psychology, King’s College London, United Kingdom.
Novel Class of Preventive Treatments for Migraine
Anti-calcitonin gene-related peptide monoclonal antibodies are the first approved pharmacologic treatments developed explicitly for the prevention of migraine.
Telemedicine Checklist for Epileptologists During COVID-19
Naoto Kuroda, MD, of Wayne State University, in Detroit, Michigan, provided a checklist for clinicians about what they should ask and look out for in a telemedicine session with patients with epilepsy.
Antiepileptic Drugs May Increase Death Risk in Patients With Alzheimer Disease
Mortality risk in patients with AD was highest during the first three months of treatment with antiepileptic drugs.
Novel Model Predicts Drug-Resistant Epilepsy in Children With Cerebral Palsy
Researchers established a prediction model based on the additive effect of 4 independent factors that form an accurate model for predicting the risk of drug-resistant epilepsy in children with cerebral palsy.
Batten Disease
Batten disease—also known as Spielmeyer-Vogt-Sjögren-Batten disease—is a rare, fatal autosomal-recessive neurodegenerative disorder named for the British pediatrician who identified the condition in 1903. It is the most common form of a group of disorders called neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCLs).
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