CBD
EPIDIOLEX caused seizure reductions of 48.6% and 47.5% from baseline respectively, versus 26.5% for placebo.
The use of prophylactic antiepileptic drugs was not associated with improved short and long outcomes after acute intracerebral hemorrhage.
CBD
Seizure control response rates suggest children may respond to lower dosages/plasma levels than adults.
Few adverse events were related to treatment, and none were considered serious.
Autoimmune encephalitides may account for epilepsies of so far unknown cause.
Despite anti-discrimination legislation, people with epilepsy in the UK are more than twice as likely as those without the condition to be unemployed.
A new European research project which aims to heal epilepsy by regenerating brain tissue and ‘training’ neurons is getting underway.
Ketogenic Diet
Neuroscientists prevented the development of epileptic activity in mice after traumatic brain injury by using a drug that mimics the metabolic effects of the ketogenic diet.
Pediatric Epilepsy, SUDEP
SUDEP occurs more frequently during early evening and is significantly prevented by prolonged use of the ketogenic diet, research in a mouse model of Dravet syndrome suggests.
