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Role of Anticonvulsants in the Management of Posttraumatic Epilepsy

open access: yesFrontiers in Neurology, 2016
Posttraumatic seizures have been recognized as a major complication of traumatic brain injury. The annual incidence of traumatic brain injury in the United States is 1.7 million.
Batool F Kirmani, Jason H Huang
exaly   +4 more sources

Anticonvulsants for fibromyalgia. [PDF]

open access: yesCochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2013
BACKGROUND Fibromyalgia (FM) is a clinically well-defined chronic condition of unknown aetiology characterised by chronic widespread pain that often co-exists with sleep problems and fatigue.
N. Üçeyler   +3 more
semanticscholar   +4 more sources

Increasing use of atypical antipsychotics and anticonvulsants during pregnancy

open access: yesPharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 2013
To quantify maternal use of atypical antipsychotics, typical antipsychotics, anticonvulsants, and lithium during pregnancy.
William V Bobo
exaly   +2 more sources

Magnesium sulphate and other anticonvulsants for women with pre-eclampsia

open access: yesThe Cochrane Library, 2010
BACKGROUND Eclampsia, the occurrence of a seizure (fit) in association with pre-eclampsia, is rare but potentially life-threatening. Magnesium sulphate is the drug of choice for treating eclampsia. This review assesses its use for preventing eclampsia.
Lelia Duley
exaly   +2 more sources

Anticonvulsants in neuropathic pain: rationale and clinical evidence

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Pain, 2002
Neuropathic pain, whether of peripheral or central origin, is characterized by a neuronal hyperexcitability in damaged areas of the nervous system. In peripheral neuropathic pain, damaged nerve endings exhibit abnormal spontaneous and increased evoked ...
Troels Staehelin Jensen, Dirk J Duncker
exaly   +2 more sources

Anticonvulsants for Psychiatric Disorders in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review of Their Efficacy

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2018
Aim: Anticonvulsant medications are frequently used in clinical practice to treat psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents, but the evidence for their efficacy is uncertain.
Chiara Davico   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Refractory and super-refractory status epilepticus and evidence for the use of ketamine: a scope review [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Neurocritical Care, 2023
Status epilepticus (SE) is a neurological emergency with serious consequences for neuronal tissues, therefore, it is considered the most serious manifestation of epilepsy.
Luis Espinosa   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Anticonvulsants in pregnancy. [PDF]

open access: yesArchives of Disease in Childhood, 1991
Epilepsy and pregnancy Recurrent seizures affect at least 1% of women who are of childbearing age, but as the fertility of both men and women with epilepsy is slightly reduced,' about one in 200 pregnancies occurs in a woman with epilepsy. Most of these women are taking anticonvulsants regularly.
Robert F W Moulds, Christine Kilpatrick
openaire   +6 more sources

Reduced Effect of Anticonvulsants on AMPA Receptor Palmitoylation-Deficient Mice

open access: yesFrontiers in Pharmacology, 2021
AMPA receptors are responsible for fast excitatory synaptic transmission in the mammalian brain. Post-translational protein S-palmitoylation of AMPA receptor subunits GluA1-4 reversibly regulates synaptic AMPA receptor expression, resulting in long ...
Madoka Iizumi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Anticonvulsants for tinnitus [PDF]

open access: yesCochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2009
Tinnitus is the perception of sound or noise in the absence of an external or internal acoustic stimulation. It is a common and potentially distressing symptom for which no adequate therapy exists.To assess the effectiveness of anticonvulsants in patients with chronic tinnitus.We searched the Cochrane Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders Group Specialised ...
Hoekstra, C.E.   +4 more
openaire   +6 more sources

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