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Health Encyclopedia: Epilepsy Outlook And Effects

Outlook and Effects

General Outlook for Patients with Epilepsy

Most patients can control their seizures with a single drug and stop drug treatment completely after 2 seizureless years. In fact, the sooner patients achieve remission using an anti-epileptic drug (AED), the better their chances for remaining seizure-free in the future. If epilepsy is not effectively treated, and if the patient has continuing seizures, changes in the neurons may eventually cause intractable, or refractive, epilepsy. T...

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Lyrica, Diltiazem and Toradol?

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...is indicated for the short-term (up to 5 days in adults), management of moderately severe acute... Read more »

05/21/07 #6 - Hernia at back of brain, surgery?

By Ask the Clinician , Health Expert

...physician may be referring to something called an Arnold-Chiari malformation. These can be... Read more »

Migraine and Headache Questions - Week of 1/21/08

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...Migraine treatment? Full question and answer. Arnold Chiari malformation and Migraines? Full... Read more »

New FDA Scrutiny on Pain Medications

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The FDA has a very tough job. With respect to medicines, they require and examine documents that... Read more »

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Scoliosis: Treatment for Adult Scoliosis

for Adult ScoliosisAdults who were surgically treated for scoliosis in their youth are at risk for disk degeneration and spinal fusion failure. In most adults with previous scoliosis,... Read more »

Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Risk Factors

...major study reported that girls with the condition experience the same multiple impairments as boys do.Adults with ADHDAlthough ADHD is primarily thought of as a childhood disorder, diagnoses of... Read more »

Depression: Highlights

Antidepressants and Young Adult Suicide RiskIn December 2006, the FDA announced that antidepressant medications labels will include information on increased suicidal behavior risk for young... Read more »

Epilepsy: Highlights

...generalized tonic-clonic (PGTC) seizures, (grand mal seizures), in children aged 2 years and older and adults.Levetiracetam (Keppra) approved as add-on therapy for treatment of myoclonic seizures... Read more »

Resources for Asthmatic Adults

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