The findings revealed a potential link between the use of these drugs and an increased risk of Parkinson’s disease. The risk ...

For the newer antiepileptic drugs, there are limited data available, so an understanding of how each drug is affected by kidney disease and dialysis is critical in order to make rational choices ...

Gabapentinoids are increasingly prescribed as an alternative to pain medicines for nursing home residents, but the reasoning behind the prescriptions — and beliefs about efficacy and deprescribing — ...

Overall, however, the findings support an increase in health-care costs when generic AEDs are used, particularly when multiple manufacturers are involved in supplying a drug for a given patient's ...

In Nigerian traditional medicine, ginger is used to treat colds, pain, arthritis, nausea, and vomiting. Beyond all of these, ginger shows promise in lowering seizure intensity, brain cell death, and ...

Ozempic, used for treating diabetes, is quite popular among people who want to lose weight. But it is not the only weight loss drug that may show positive results. Your doctor may also recommend ...

Fycompa (perampanel) is the first and only licensed anti-epileptic drug to selectively target AMPA receptors, a protein in the brain which plays a critical role in the spread of epileptic seizures.

Researchers at Leipzig University have developed a new process for reversing the polarity of chemical compounds, also known as umpolung, for the precise synthesis of pharmaceuticals. This innovative ...

Lamotrigine 25mg, 50mg, 100mg, and 200mg; orally-disintegrating tabs. ≥18yrs: Not on enzyme-inducing antiepileptic drugs (EIAEDs, eg, phenytoin, carbamazepine ...

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Eslicarbazepine: systemic exposure to antiepileptic drugs is increased in patients with mild-to-moderate renal impairment. The dose of eslicarbazepine should be reduced in patients with a ...