Epilepsy Drug Linked to Lower IQ
A widely used group of epilepsy drugs already linked to birth defects is now being blamed for lowering IQ and causing developmental delays in the offspring of women who take them during pregnancy. Researchers from the U.K. reported significant reductions in IQ scores among children whose mothers took the epilepsy drug sodium valproate (Depakon) during pregnancy. These children's IQs were found to be "in the low average" range.
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Epilepsy Affects Learning Disabilities Risk
People with epilepsy who have seizures originating in the left side of their brain are more likely to have learning disabilities than those with seizures in their brain's right side, according to experts in Louisiana. Epilepsy is a neurological disorder that makes people susceptible to having recurrent seizures. The condition affects about 2.5 million people in the U.S.
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Ketogenic Diet OK at Home for Epileptic Kids
A ketogenic diet that burns fat rather than sugar for energy may be safe to start outside a hospital setting for children with difficult-to-treat epilepsy, according to a new study. Researchers say the ketogenic diet has been used in the treatment of epilepsy for more than 80 years, but it wasn't clear whether starting the diet as a part of an outpatient treatment program was safe or practical for children with the disease.
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Generic Epilepsy Drugs Not the Same
Don't switch from brand-name Dilantin to a generic version of the antiseizure drug -- or from generic to brand name, epilepsy specialists warn. The warning comes after epilepsy patients at MINCEP Epilepsy Care, in Minneapolis, Minn., suddenly began having severe seizures. The patients' seizures previously had been kept under control with Dilantin treatment.
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Serious Epilepsy Injuries Are Rare
Most injuries related to epilepsy are not severe, according to a new study. Elson So, MD, of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., and colleagues report their findings in the Nov. 9 issue of the journal Neurology. The researchers studied 247 people with epilepsy living in Rochester who were diagnosed between 1975 and 1984. The scientists documented all of the participants' seizure-related injuries (except those involving the mouth and tongue) that required medical attention. The researchers wanted to identify patient characteristics that relate to injuries during a seizure.
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Generic Epilepsy Drug Switch Tied to Seizures
Making the switch from a brand-name epilepsy drug to a generic one may increase the risk of seizures or other side effects, according to a new study. Researchers found that more than two-thirds of neurologists reported that their epilepsy patients experienced breakthrough seizures after switching from a brand-name epilepsy drug to a generic one in the past year. Breakthrough seizures are seizures that occur while a patient is on medication.
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Epilepsy, Alternative Medicine May Not Mix
Many people with epilepsy use complementary and alternative medical products, but some of those items may conflict with traditional epilepsy treatments. Such products can include vitamin/mineral supplements as well as herbal and natural products. They're available over the counter and are widely used for a variety of health concerns.
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Antiseizure Drug Depakote Under Fire
The antiseizure drug Depakote has been linked to birth defects and lower IQs among children exposed to it in the womb, but millions of American women may be taking it without knowing the risks, a group of epilepsy experts warned Tuesday. Officials with the Epilepsy Foundation and the American Epilepsy Society said as many as 15 million prescriptions for antiseizure drugs are written each year to women in their childbearing years. The drugs are commonly used to treat migraine headaches and bipolar disorder in addition to epilepsy.
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Pacemakers Could Cut Sudden Death in Epilepsy
Pacemakers could help protect epilepsy patients from sudden unexplained death, say British researchers. About 1 in 1,000 people with epilepsy die suddenly each year, leaving no clues about what killed them.
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Epilepsy Study Gives Insight to Mood Disorders
New solutions for learning and mood disorders caused by epilepsy may be a step closer to reality. Producing more brain cells might help, latest research shows. Brain injury caused by an acute seizure can prompt the production of new cells, which researchers say is most likely the result of growth factors released from injured or dead brain cells. What remains unclear are the effects of long-term seizure disorder or epilepsy on brain cell development. Addressing these issues, say researchers, is important since both human and animal studies have shown that learning and memory function are affected by epilepsy.
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Longer Life, Less Aging With Seizure Drugs?
New clues have emerged about living longer and aging less. The key: three antiseizure drugs, which lengthened life spans and delayed aging in worms. Granted, the worms only gained a couple of days. But in worm time, that's an eternity. In some cases, the drugs let the worms live more than 50% longer than normal. Signs of aging were also delayed.
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Epilepsy Drug Linked to Birth Defects, Low IQ
The evidence continues to mount against the use of the antiseizure drug valproate during pregnancy. In two new studies, children born to mothers who took valproate during early pregnancy had higher rates of birth defects and lowered verbal IQ. A newer epilepsy medication, Lamictal, studied in a third trial found no such risk.
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1 Lot of Epilepsy Drug Neurontin Is Recalled
The FDA and drug company Pfizer have notified health care professionals of Pfizer's voluntary recall of one lot (40,000 bottles) of 100 milligram capsules of the epilepsy medication Neurontin.epilepsy medication Neurontin. Pfizer issued the recall after a mechanical failure in the manufacturing process resulted in some bottles containing empty or partially filled capsules, says a Pfizer news release dated April 22.
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Early Epilepsy Surgery Helps Child Development
Don't wait too long to consider epilepsy surgery for young children, a new study indicates. Kids who suffer frequent epilepsy seizures don't develop normally. Most have retarded mental and social development.
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