Epilepsy treatment research, led by U.S. and U.K. scientists and supported by the NIH’s National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, has revealed that two unlicensed drugs (levetiracetam and valproate) are just as effective as fosphenytoin/phenytoin, the...
Convulsive Status Epilepticus
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Levetiracetam is No More Effective Than Phenytoin in Children with Convulsive Status Epilepticus
A new study suggests that levetiracetam could be considered as an alternative therapy to phenytoin for the second-line management of pediatric convulsive status epilepticus. The Studies Two news randomized studies have answered a longstanding clinical question: Is...