Overview
CURE Epilepsy’s inaugural “Treatment Talk” focuses on Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS), a severe form of childhood epilepsy that arises during infancy or early childhood, and the use of the drug fenfluramine to treat patients diagnosed with LGS. Viewers will learn more about how LGS is diagnosed, common seizure types and comorbidities associated with LGS, how fenfluramine works to reduce some of these seizure types, and any risks and benefits found in recent clinical trials featuring fenfluramine.
Speaker
This talk features Dr. Michael Chez, a pediatric neurologist at Sutter Health, and Heather Bushey, a parent whose son has LGS and is a patient of Dr. Chez.
Sponsor
This talk was presented in partnership with UCB.
CURE Epilepsy is solely responsible for the selection of the presenters and moderators. The opinions and recommendations expressed are those of the presenters and do not necessarily reflect the opinions, recommendations, or endorsements of CURE Epilepsy.
