Epilepsy

• Diagnosis, Imaging, Screening
• General Information
• Risk Factors
• Risk Reduction
• Treatment

Epilepsy

Treatment

NEWS:

Half of UK patients taking drugs for epilepsy continue to have seizures

NICE gives guidance on use of new antiepileptic drugs in children.

Women sue over epilepsy drug risk

ARTICLES:

NICE guidance on newer drugs for epilepsy in adults

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

Adverse effects of new antiepileptic drugs. (Drugs Today (Barc))

Age and antiepileptic drugs influence topiramate plasma levels in children. (Pediatr Neurol)

Antiepileptic drug use increases rates of bone loss in older women (NEUROLOGY)

Antiepileptic drugs and memory. (Epilepsy Behav)

Antiepileptic drugs and reduced bone mineral density. (Epilepsy Behav)

Barriers to the management of patients with surgically remediable intractable epilepsy. (CNS Spectr)

Benefits of the Nonfasting Ketogenic Diet Compared With the Initial Fasting Ketogenic Diet (PEDIATRICS)

Cancer risk in people with epilepsy: the role of antiepileptic drugs (Brain)

Cerebral hemispherectomy in pediatric patients with epilepsy: comparison of three techniques by pathological substrate in 115 patients. (J Neurosurg)

Changes in body mass index during long-term topiramate therapy in paediatric epilepsy patients—a retrospective analysis (Seizure)

Collateral brain damage, a potential source of cognitive impairment after selective surgery for control of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. (J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry)

Cognitive changes after epilepsy surgery in the posterior cortex. (J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry)

Cognitive side effects of antiepileptic drugs (Epilepsy & Behavior)

Current drug treatment of epilepsy in adults. (Lancet Neurol)

Depression and anxiety before and after temporal lobe epilepsy surgery (Seizure )

Detrimental effects of the ketogenic diet on cognitive function in rats. (Pediatr Res)

Differential metabolic effects of saturated versus polyunsaturated fats in ketogenic diets. (J Clin Endocrinol Metab)

Discontinuation and Duration of Antiepileptic Drug Therapy: A Retrospective Study of Factors for Specific Epileptic Syndromes (Epilepsia)

Drug induced encephalopathy in six epileptic patients: topiramate? valproate? or both? (Hum Psychopharmacol)

Drug treatment of epilepsy: when does it fail and how to optimize its use? (CNS Spectr)

Effect of epilepsy and antiepileptic drugs on male reproductive health (NEUROLOGY)

Effectiveness and safety of epilepsy surgery: what is the evidence? (CNS Spectr)

Efficacy and tolerability of the new antiepileptic drugs I: Treatment of new onset epilepsy (NEUROLOGY)

Efficacy and tolerability of the new antiepileptic drugs II: Treatment of refractory epilepsy (NEUROLOGY)

Efficacy and tolerability of the new antiepileptic drugs: comparison of two recent guidelines. (Lancet Neurol)

Efficacy and tolerability of the new antiepileptic drugs, I: Treatment of new-onset epilepsy: report of the TTA and QSS Subcommittees of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Epilepsy Society. (Epilepsia)

Efficacy and tolerability of the new antiepileptic drugs, II: Treatment of refractory epilepsy: report of the TTA and QSS Subcommittees of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Epilepsy Society. (Epilepsia)

Epilepsy surgery for pathologically proven hippocampal sclerosis provides long-term seizure control and improved quality of life. (Epilepsia)

Epilepsy surgery: patient-perceived long-term costs and benefits. (Epilepsy Behav)

Failure of gamma knife radiosurgery for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy: report of five cases. (Neurosurgery)

Fracture risk associated with use of antiepileptic drugs. (Epilepsia)

How Does the Ketogenic Diet Work? (Epilepsy Currents)

Hyperammonemic encephalopathy induced by a combination of valproate and pivmecillinam. (Acta Neurol Scand)

Initial treatment of epilepsy with antiepileptic drugs: pediatric issues. (Neurology)

Is Epilepsy Surgery on both Hemispheres Effective? (Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery)

[Ketogenic diet as antiepileptic therapy: a description of the clinical experience and the multidisciplinary approach at the metabolic-neurogenetic clinic at the Wolfson Medical Center] (Harefuah)

Linguistic deficits following left selective amygdalohippocampectomy: a prospective study. (Epilepsy Behav)

Management of epileptic seizures. (Curr Opin Oncol)

Memory for faces dissociates from memory for location following anterior temporal lobectomy. (Brain Cogn)

Memory function decline over 18 months after selective amygdalohippocampectomy. (Epileptic Disord)

New generation of valproic acid. (Pol J Pharmacol)

Obsessive-compulsive disorder after epilepsy surgery. (Epilepsy Behav)

Parietal Lobe Epilepsy: Surgical Treatment and Outcome (Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery)

Potentially Inappropriate Antiepileptic Drugs for Elderly Patients with Epilepsy (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society)

Predictors of epilepsy surgery outcome: a meta-analysis. (Epilepsy Res)

Presurgical evaluation and surgical treatment of medically refractory epilepsy. (Neurosurg Rev)

Principles of antiepileptic drug treatment of epilepsy. (Psychiatry Clin Neurosci)

[Prognostic factors in temporal lobe epilepsy surgery] (Neurologia)

More fat and fewer seizures: dietary therapies for epilepsy. (Lancet Neurol)

Obesity and plasma concentrations of alpha-tocopherol and beta-carotene in epileptic girls treated with valproate. (Neuroendocrinology)

Reproductive health effects and teratogenicity of antiepileptic drugs. (Neurology)

Schizophrenia-like psychosis arising de novo following a temporal lobectomy: timing and risk factors. (J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry)

Should antiepileptic drugs be withdrawn in seizure-free patients? (CNS Drugs)

Side Effects of Antiepileptics A Review (Pain Practice)

Systematic screening allows reduction of adverse antiepileptic drug effects (NEUROLOGY)

Temporal lobectomy: long-term seizure outcome, late recurrence and risks for seizure recurrence. (Brain)

The AED (antiepileptic drug) pregnancy registry: a 6-year experience. (Arch Neurol)

The cognitive outcome of hemispherectomy in 71 children. (Epilepsia)

The effect of antiepileptic drugs on visual performance (Seizure)

The impact of sex and language dominance on material-specific memory before and after left temporal lobe surgery. (Brain)

The management of status epilepticus. (Chest)

The New Antiepileptic Drugs (JAMA)

The relationship between treatment with valproate, lamotrigine, and topiramate and the prognosis of the idiopathic generalised epilepsies (Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry)

Updates on the Treatment of Epilepsy in Women (Arch Intern Med)

Valproic Acid-Induced Pancreatitis in Childhood Epilepsy: Case Series and Review (J Child Neurol)

Withdrawal of antiepileptic drugs in seizure-free adults (Aust Prescr)

Go to the top