Treatment with vigabatrin carries the risk of permanent vision loss. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the approval of Sabril® (vigabatrin; Lundbeck) to include treatment of ...

The FDA has approved Stavzor (valproic acid delayed-release capsules, from Noven) for the treatment of manic episodes in bipolar disorder, complex partial seizures, and migraine prophylaxis. Stavzor’s ...

Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2009;66(6):541-561. Shorvon et al. [20] conducted a multicenter, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of levetiracetam ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 1 out of 10 people will have a seizure during their lifetime. Most of these seizures will be epileptic seizures, which are ...

Eisai Co., Ltd. has launched the in-house discovered and developed antiepileptic drug (AED) Fycompa, (generic name perampanel) for use in the adjunctive treatment of partial-onset seizures (with or ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) today announced top-line results of a double-blind, placebo-controlled, Phase 3 study evaluating both the 165 mg dose and the 330 mg dose of ...

Share on Pinterest A new drug reduced seizures in subjects with treatment resistant epilepsy in a recent clinical trial. The Good Brigade/Getty Images Researchers say a new medication may potentially ...

Epilepsy surgery has been shown to be an effective treatment for patients with intractable epilepsy. The only randomized controlled trial conducted in this setting to date found a dramatic advantage ...

Epilepsy, a condition that causes regular seizures, affects about 65 million people around the globe. Despite treatment advances, epilepsy has long posed a complicated problem to health care providers ...

Dissociative seizures are similar to epileptic seizures as they cause involuntary movements and behaviors. However, unlike epileptic seizures, dissociative seizures can occur without corresponding ...

You can expect most epilepsy cases to improve with antiseizure drugs. Surgery is an option if medications do not work for your epilepsy. You may eat a ketogenic diet to help with treatment-resistant ...