Seizures News

Photo of a woman with Sturge-Weber Syndrome. One of the classic symptoms of the condition is a port-wine stain that typically appears on the face.

GlobalData has released its new PharmaPoint Drug Evaluation report, "Banzel / Inovelon - Forecast and Market Analysis to 2022". Epilepsy is a brain disorder characterized by spontaneously occurring and recurrent seizures.

The FDA is alerting health care providers and patients that medications including and related to valproate sodium can cause decreased IQ scores in children whose mothers took the medication during pregnancy.

Low-dose estrogen oral contraceptives may increase a woman's risk for chronic pelvic-pain symptoms and even pain during sexual climax, a new study suggests.

Staying up-to-date has never been simpler. Sign up for the free GenePool newsletter today! May 6, 2013 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting health care providers and patients that medications including and related to valproate sodium can cause decreased IQ scores in children whose mothers took the medication during pregnancy.

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Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing products for the treatment of central nervous system diseases.

To survey the characteristics of epilepsy in patients with juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis and determine the antiepileptic drug treatment most suitable for these patients.

Dr. Chris Stodgell, Ph.D. of University of Rochester School of Medicine said, "The drug valproic acid is one that we've done research with." Known by the names Depakote or Depakene, valproic acid is used to treat seizures and may also be included in migraine or psychiatric drugs.

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Pregnant women taking valproate, an anti-epilepsy medication, increase the risk of developing autism in their unborn children, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association .

Department of Veterans Affairs doctors are continuing to prescribe tranquilizers such as Valium and Xanex to veterans diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder, despite VA guidelines advising against their use for the condition.