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FDA Requires Warnings about Risk of Suicidal Thoughts and Behavior for Antiepileptic Medications

....a warning that their use increases risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors (suicidality).

Date: 12/17/2008 , Publication: FDA News , Author: FDA

http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01927.html

Epilepsy: FDA Approves New Drug to Treat Severe Form of Epilepsy

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug, Banzel (rufinamide), for use as an adjunctive (add-on) treatment for seizures associated with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome.

Date: 11/26/2008 , Publication: FDA News , Author: FDA

http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01914.html

Epilepsy drug shown to reverse obesity in rats

Injection being tested as addiction treatment also sheds weight

Date: 08/20/2008 , Publication: MSNBC , Author: Reuters

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26312181/

VIDEO: You gotta have brains to have epilepsy...

Date: 08/06/2008 , Publication: MSNBC , Author: MSNBC

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/26122935#26057970

Easing the Seizures, and Stigma, of Epilepsy

Because of the strict Ketogenic diet that she is on to control her epilepsy, Nora Leitner gets frustrated after her mom wouldn't allow her to have any extra food at lunch.

Date: 05/19/2008 , Publication: NY TIMES , Author: ALIYAH BARUCHIN

http://health.nytimes.com/ref/health/healthguide/esn-epilepsy-ess.html?ref=heal

Evidence a High-Fat Diet Works to Treat Epilepsy

A formerly controversial high-fat diet has proved highly effective in reducing seizures in children whose epilepsy does not respond to medication...

Date: 05/06/2008 , Publication: NY TIMES , Author: ALIYAH BARUCHIN

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/06/health/research/06epil.html?ref=health

FDA: Epilepsy Drugs May Increase Risk of Suicidal Thoughts

WASHINGTON Epilepsy drugs used by millions of people may increase the risk of suicidal thoughts or behavior, the Food and Drug Administration warned Thursday in an alert to doctors.

Date: 02/01/2008 , Publication: Fox News , Author: AP

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,327452,00.html

Does Justice Roberts Have Epilepsy?

When Chief Justice John Roberts experienced the second seizure of his life on Monday, he may have become, in medical terms, an epileptic.

Date: 08/05/2007 , Publication: Time , Author: Alice Park

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1648384,00.html?cnn=yes

The Role of New Antiepileptic-Case Scenarios: Epilepsy

The treatment of seizures with antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) was initiated >150 years ago with the introduction of bromide therapy...

Date: 07/31/2007 , Publication: Pharmacy Times , Author: Vincent Q. Pham, MD Candidate; Antony Q. Pham, PharmD; and David Q. Pham, PharmD, BCPS

http://www.pharmacytimes.com/Article.cfm?Menu=1&ID=4869

Epilepsy diagnosis raises suicide risk

Rates fell the longer someone lives with condition, researchers reported

Date: 07/02/2007 , Publication: MSNBC , Author: Reuters

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19571214/

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