News tagged with anti epileptic drugs
Evolution and Epilepsy: Improvement in Brain Electrical Signaling is Critical Both for Vertebrate Evolution and for Prev
Studies at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine on brain electrical signaling offer a fresh perspective on vertebrate evolution, provide additional evidence supporting Darwinian views of evolution, ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 20, 2009 |
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New direction for epilepsy treatment
If common anticonvulsant drugs fail to manage epileptic seizures, then perhaps the anti-inflammatory route is the way to go. That's according to Mattia Maroso and colleagues from the Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 28, 2011 |
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Finding the correct dosage of medication by breath analysis
Using a mass spectrometric method, ETH Zurich researchers are able to measure metabolites of a common epilepsy medication directly in exhaled breath. This simplifies testing of patients and represents a step ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Mar 14, 2011 |
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Health care disparities seen in epilepsy patients with low socioeconomic status
A newly published report reveals patients with epilepsy and low socioeconomic status (SES) are more likely to have uncontrolled seizures, drug-related side effects, and a lower overall quality of life. The study also indicates ...
Feb 22, 2011 |
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Anti-epileptic drugs associated with increased risk of fracture in older adults
Most anti-epileptic drugs are associated with an increased risk of non-traumatic fracture in individuals 50 years of age and older, according to a report in the January issue of Archives of Neurology.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 10, 2011 |
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Radiation therapy improves painful condition associated with multiple sclerosis
Stereotactic radiation is an effective, long-term treatment for trigeminal neuralgia: a painful condition that occurs with increased frequency in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Radiation is noninvasive and has less ...
Oct 25, 2010 |
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Anti-cholesterol drugs could help stave off seizures: research
Statins, the family of drugs used to lower cholesterol, might also reduce the risk of epileptic seizures in people with cardiovascular disease, according to a new statistical study by a drug safety expert at the University ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 25, 2010 |
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New epilepsy drugs give options, complicate decisions
A dozen new epilepsy drugs are giving doctors and patients more options, but making treatment decisions more complex, a Loyola epilepsy specialist reports in the journal Neurologic Clinics.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 21, 2010 |
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Novartis fined $422.5M in marketing, kickback case
(AP) -- Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. will pay $422.5 million in penalties for marketing an epilepsy medicine for unapproved uses and for paying kickbacks to doctors to prescribe it and five other drugs, ...
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Sep 30, 2010 |
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Understanding Balance in the Nervous System
(PhysOrg.com) -- A UConn neuroscientist is studying a signaling pathway in the brain that is the target of many anxiolytic medications.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 13, 2010 |
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Adverse drug effects in epileptic patients not correlated with number of prescribed medications
Researchers have found that polytherapy with multiple anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) did not result in greater adverse effects than monotherapy for patients with refractory epilepsy. This observational study also found AED ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 20, 2010 |
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