Seizures/Epilepsy

ORLANDO — Earlier dose reductions of several concomitant antiseizure medications helped patients with uncontrolled focal seizures who require cenobamate administration, according to a poster at the American Epilepsy Society annual meeting.

SEATTLE — Sarah J. Spence, MD, PhD, shared tips on differentiating pediatric neurological conditions with overlapping symptoms, at the 2022 American Academy of Neurology annual meeting.

Pharmaceutical company Lupin announced that the FDA has approved its abbreviated new drug application for anti-epileptic vigabatrin for oral solution, according to a press release.

Although the rate of self-reporting was low, patients with posttraumatic epilepsy within 1 year of a traumatic brain injury sustained negative functional outcomes, according to a cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.

Researchers observed no difference in functional neurodevelopment or epilepsy among children aged 24 months regardless of whether antiseizure medication was discontinued or maintained in infants at discharge once seizures ceased.

Hundreds of individuals in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh became sick due to an unidentified illness, with symptoms that included seizures, nausea and loss of consciousness, according to multiple media outlets.

Researchers have identified key tends in the diagnosis and presentation of autism spectrum disorder. Of note, girls are diagnosed with autism an average of 1.5 years later than boys, they wrote in Autism Research.

In this week’s edition, the FDA approval of an oral anticonvulsant; plus news you may have missed from the AAN and ACTRIMS meetings.