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Causes
The cause of a seizure is determined in about 28% of partial epilepsy patients. In the rest, however, epilepsy is deemed idiopathic, which means that the cause is unknown. The age of seizure onset can sometimes offer a clue. Idiopathic epilepsy is rare in children and young adults.
General Biologic Mechanisms Involved with Seizures
Epileptic seizures are triggered by abnormalities in the brain that cause a group of nerve cells in the cerebral cortex to become activated simultaneously, emitti...
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Expert & Community Posts
Migraine Prevention - Neuronal Stabilizing Agents To Carry New Warning
By Teri Robert , Health Expert...stabilizing agents (anticonvulsants) used to treat epilepsy, Migraine disease, psychiatric... Read more »
Epilepsy and Migraine?
By Ask the Clinician , Health ExpertFull Question: epilepsy and migrainei have epilepsy, now controlled and bih which the... Read more »
FDA Approved Anti-Epilepsy Migraine Preventive Drugs May Increase the Risk of Birth Defects
By MAGNUM, the National Migraine Assoc. , Health Expert...methysergide (potential serious side-effects), and anti-epilepsy medications Divalproex Sodium &... Read more »
Migraines, Stigma, and Research
By AHDA , Health Expert...family, or friends. Compared to my patients with epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, or Parkinson's, I... Read more »
FDA Alert for Antiepileptic Drugs (Also Used for Fibromyalgia, Migraines, Neuropathic Pain, etc.)
By Karen Lee Richards , Health Expert...placebo-controlled clinical studies of eleven drugs used to treat epilepsy, psychiatric... Read more »
Health Guide
Migraine Preventives: Some To Carry New Suidicality Warning
...placebo-controlled clinical trials of neuronal stabilizing agents (anticonvulsants) used to treat epilepsy, Migraine disease, psychiatric disorders, and other conditions. Based on the outcome... Read more »Epilepsy: Outlook and Effects
Outlook and EffectsGeneral Outlook for Patients with EpilepsyMost patients can control their seizures with a single drug and stop drug treatment completely after 2 seizureless years. In fact, the... Read more »Topamax or Topiramate for Migraine ?? A Difference?
...vs. multiple generics of topiramate." Although this study evaluated patients taking topiramate for epilepsy, the findings should be quite interesting to many using generic topiramate. Study... Read more »Epilepsy: Diagnosis
An epilepsy diagnosis is often made during an emergency visit for a seizure. If a person seeks medical help for a previous or suspected seizure, the doctor will ask about the patient's... Read more »Trileptal Fails Test for Migraine Prevention
Over the last several years, neuronal stabilizing agents (also known as anticonvulsants or epilepsy medications) have been increasingly prescribed for Migraine prevention. Out of the four... Read more »Images
Medications
...medication is used to treat seizure disorders (epilepsy). It may be used with other seizure... Read more »
...medications to prevent and control seizures (epilepsy). This medication is also used to ... Read more »
...medications to prevent and control seizures (epilepsy). This medication is also used to ... Read more »
...with other medications to treat seizure disorders (epilepsy). Levetiracetam has been shown to... Read more »
Related News
Stopping Anti-Seizure Meds Safe for Kids
December 11, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new study reveals it is generally safe to stop anti-seizure medications in children with epilepsy who have been seizure-free... Read summary »
Ditching Epilepsy Meds is Dangerous
July 01, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) Statistics show up to 50 percent of people with epilepsy fail to take their anti-seizure medications according to doctor's... Read summary »
Folic Acid During Pregnancy Increases Risks
December 08, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Being exposed to folic acid antagonists during pregnancy may lead to several serious conditions. A new report finds the... Read summary »
Alzheimer's Advance
May 05, 2008ROCHESTER, N.Y. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Music is always on to keep the mood up at Joe and Palmina Beato's house. Palmina has Alzheimer's and is... Read summary »
Epilepsy Drug & Autism
December 18, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The cause of autism remains a mystery to the medical community, but researchers have found a link between an epilepsy drug and... Read summary »
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