Epilepsy Talk
Gratitude is the Attitude!
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Sometimes, I get into a funk so bad that it’s like a black hole. Until I remember the safety ladder that I always carry in my pocket.
I think of at least five things I’m grateful for. Or if I’m down there awhile, I stretch it to ten.
Here are the top five on my gratitude list:
Brain Injured Solders Still at Risk for Epilepsy Years Later…
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A new study, published in the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, highlights that soldiers who have suffered traumatic brain injuries associated with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are at a significantly high risk of developing epilepsy even decades after the brain injury occurred.
Tags: Afghanistan, Iraq, post-traumatic epilepsy, PTSD, soldiers, traumatic brain injuries, years or decades later
Head Injury and Seizures
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Persons who have had head trauma are twelve times as likely as the general population to suffer seizures.
Tags: accident, brain injury, generalized seizures, post-traumatic, risk, seizures, tonic-clonic
Vimpat validated as promising therapy for uncontrolled partial-onset seizures
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A recent multi-center study has confirmed earlier study results that 400 mg/day of Lacosamide (Vimpat) provides a good balance of efficacy and tolerability for patients with uncontrolled partial-onset seizures (POS), and doses of 600mg/day may provide additional benefit for some patients.
Keppra Generic Seizure Drug Contributing to More Seizures, Side Effects and Death
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Keppra — which is a brand name seizure medication — was approved in 2009… Patients that were then switched to Levetiracetam are now experiencing on-going seizures that did not occur while they were on the drug Keppra.
Tags: Epilepsy Foundation, generic, injuries, Keppra, Levetiracetam, more seizures, severe side effects
Epilepsy Abuse and Civil Rights
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The following letter was written to local Legislators, Health & Human Service Agencies, The Office for Civil Rights and selected members of the President’s Cabinet…
Tags: epilepsy abuse, Health & Human Services, Legislators, Office for Civil Rights, President's Cabinet
What is your inspiration?
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“I want people with epilepsy to know that there are ways in which they can play a role in their own recovery…
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