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Anticonvulsant - Articles
Anticonvulsant medications and potential risks
by
AWeidman
Posted
Fri 23 Apr 2010 6:09am
Certain anticonvulsant drugs could be associated with an increased risk of suicide, attempted suicide or violent death. Anticonvulsants are used to help people with epilepsy... fifteen-years old and over who started taking anticonvulsants between July 2001 and December 2006. They found that the risk of suicidal acts was increased for gabapentin (Neurontin
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Anticonvulsants and Suicide
by
Kirk
Posted
Fri 05 Jun 2009 5:07pm
or behavior or depression".
My thoughts are that the anticonvulsant drugs are essential for many individuals with epilepsy (or those taking these drugs for the treatment of bipolar....
Anticonvulsants May Increase the Risk of Suicide and Suicidal Thought
On Jan 31st, 2008 the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) announced that those taking the anticonvulsant medications
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FDA: Alert on Anti-Convulsants Used with Epilepsy & “Bipolar Disorder”
by
Duane Sherry, M.S.
Posted
Tue 03 Mar 2009 2:17pm
An alert was given by the FDA a few months ago. This information is important for anyone who has been diagnosed with “Bipolar Disorder”, and is taking an anti-convulsant as part of their “treatment”.
The statistics and information about the increased rate in suicidal thoughts and behavior is staggering….A list of the medications follows the alert. ...
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Ketogenic Diet Conference
by
Kirk
Posted
Fri 05 Jun 2009 5:07pm
. At the end of the conference we heard a few very touching talks. One was given by a mother whose son developed seizures at a young age. They started with the anticonvulsant drugs... suggested that they try more drugs. This conversation recurred a few times as they cycled through many anticonvulsant drugs. Eventually, the son had a catastrophic seizure which left
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A Recap of 2010
by
Alyson
Posted
Sun 13 Mar 2011 12:00am
and was put on a series of anticonvulsant drugs that did a number on my body.
In addition to weight gain, hair loss, extreme weakness, tremors, mood changes, headaches, nausea... was put on another anticonvulsant for my MISdiagnosed epilepsy.
I spent much of the rest of 2010 struggling with my Cushing's syndrome symptoms while on anticonvulsants. I
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CHILDREN WITH EPILEPSY
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by
Serene L.
Posted
Wed 03 Nov 2010 5:13pm
CHILDREN WITH EPILEPSY
Parents often feel frightened when they hear that their child had epilepsy. However, anticonvulsant drugs can prevent the occurrence... on a daily basis despite medications, or suffer from debilitating side effects from the anticonvulsant drugs. While not new, treatment approaches do exist for these patients. One
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Adolescent Medicine
by
CCLCM Student ..
Posted
Thu 23 Oct 2008 2:03pm
We had PBL and a seminar on bipolar disorders this morning. The seminar wound up being pretty good, even though the speaker basically didn't cover anticonvulsant drugs at all like he was supposed to do.
In the afternoon, I had peds clinic. I was working with an adolescent medicine specialist. I went in there thinking, "Oh, great, yet another
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