The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved Eisai’s epilepsy drug Fyompa as a primary treatment for partial-onset seizures in epileptic patients 12 years or older. Here are three things to ...

Anti-seizure medications, which are also called anticonvulsants or anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs), are medications used to prevent seizures for people who have epilepsy. All AEDs are available only by ...

More details about these uses, including the approved age ranges in children, are described in the “Levetiracetam oral tablets uses” section below. * For this use, levetiracetam is prescribed along ...

The number of US children who suffered a seizure after swallowing someone else's medication or illegal substance nearly doubled between 2009 and 2023, new research has found. Anastassiya - stock.adobe ...

Dec. 10, 2002 — Three studies presented on Dec. 9 at the American Epilepsy Society annual meeting suggest new uses for levetiracetam (Keppra). A phase IV trial found that levetiracetam is as effective ...

Q: My neighbor’s son was just diagnosed with KCNT1 seizures, and they said it was a very rare disorder. Aren’t seizures fairly common in children? A: The brain has many nerve cells that communicate ...

Anti-seizure drug, zonisamide has shown promise as a preventive treatment for children and adolescents living with migraine. The study will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 77th ...

When Liam Bartleson was just two days old, doctors at Mercy Hospital in Mason City, Iowa, discovered he was experiencing ...

Seizures during sleep may be responsible for some sudden deaths in young children, according to researchers from NYU Langone Health who used home monitoring video donated by families of seven toddlers ...