About 60-70% of focal epilepsy patients achieve seizure control with first-line antiseizure medications (ASMs). Lamotrigine and levetiracetam demonstrate high efficacy and tolerability for seizure ...

Levetiracetam reduces tonic-clonic seizures by over 77% in clinical studies. Ethosuximide is highly effective for absence seizures, especially in children. Valproate remains the gold standard for ...

Epilepsy affects one in every 100 people—1 million in Japan and 50 million worldwide. It is the third most common brain disease after stroke and dementia. In Japan, its incidence and prevalence have ...

You can expect most epilepsy cases to improve with antiseizure drugs. Surgery is an option if medications do not work for your epilepsy. You may eat a ketogenic diet to help with treatment-resistant ...

Seizure control may take time—often a year or more—but most patients achieve it, bringing new hope for life with epilepsy. For millions of people living with ...

A team of researchers led by Professor SON Donghee and Professor SHIN Mikyung from the Center for Neuroscience Imaging Research (CNIR) within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), along with Dr. KIM ...

Share on Pinterest CBD may not only help to reduce seizure-related symptoms in people with epilepsy, research shows. Rowena Naylor/Stocksy United Cannabidiol (CBD) has been approved for use in the ...