Knowing if a person is having a seizure and diagnosing the type of seizure or epilepsy syndrome can be difficult. There are many other disorders that can cause changes in behavior and can be confused with epilepsy. Since the treatment...
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 ETP New - Diagnosis
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ETP New - Diagnosis 101: The Basics
Diagnosing seizures and the type of epilepsy is like putting the pieces of a puzzle together and includes information from many people and different tests. The first question is to find out if the person had a seizure, then the doctor...
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ETP New - Famous People with Epilepsy
In the Beginning
There have always been people with epilepsy. Since the dawn of time, epilepsy has affected millions of people, from beggars to kings. It is one of the oldest conditions of the human race with a rich and distinguished...
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ETP New - Felbatol History and Research: Professional
Here is a chronology of the history of Felbatol after its approval by the FDA.
1993: Felbatol is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The...
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ETP New - History of VNS
A theory about a relationship between the vagus nerve and epilepsy actually dates back to the 1930s. At that time, scientists had discovered the EEG, and, in the process of electrically stimulating different parts of the body, they...
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ETP New - How Am I Different?
Kids with epilepsy are not dumb or weird or dangerous, and they don't "look funny" either. You can do almost everything your friends can do, like baseball, soccer, and biking. If you have epilepsy, you can make sure your friends know...
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ETP New - Introduction to Frisium
Frisium (FRIH-zee-um) is the brand name used by Aventis Pharma for a seizure medicine available in many countries outside the United States. The generic name is clobazam (KLOH-bah-zam). In Canada, clobazam is sold under the brand name Novo-Clobazam....
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ETP New - Introduction to Sabril: Intermediate
Sabril (SAY-bril) is a brand name used by Aventis for its seizure medicine. The generic name is vigabatrin (vi-GAY-buh-trin). This medication has not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States, but...
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ETP New - Introduction to Zonegran: Intermediate
Zonegran (ZAHN-uh-gran) is the brand name used in the United States for the seizure medicine zonisamide (zoh-NIH-sah-mide). In 2003, Zonegran was not available in Canada, the UK,...
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ETP New - Religious Figures
According to Dr. Jerome Engel, a number of men and women who have attained religious prominence may have done so in spite of, or perhaps due to, their epileptic signs and symptoms. In fact epilepsy, as "the sacred disease," has been...
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