#76: Spasms, Fits, Convulsions -- Seizure Matters [26:14m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (904)

Publication Date: June 29th, 2007. Installment #5 of Spasms, Fits, Convulsions — Seizure Matters:

• Glioma Palliation Focuses on Seizure Prevention: Palliation specialist physician provides what he calls “simple medication regimen at the end of life.”
• Assessing Pediatric Seizure Drugs — Ativan versus Valium: The NIH’s Pediatric Seizure Study.
• Gamma Knife For Epilepsy May Spare Verbal Recall: Gamma Knife radiosurgery may be superior to gross excisional surgeries for epilepsy.
• Prior Consent For Anticonvulsant Generic Switch Is ‘Crucial’ To Patients: the American Academy of Neurology supports legislation that would require insurers to get the informed consent of physicians and patients with epilepsy - before pharmacies can switch to generics.

And last but not least: Hair products as the “new frontier” in anti-seizure medication drug delivery, with the slogan, “Less Flake, Less Shake”? Next week’s show: 3^rd installment of Podcast for Peds: Issues related to problems of the developing nervous system. We?ll report important news related to autism research, and other peds-specific insights. Thanks for staying subscribed to STAT — The Podcast of Clinical Neurology News.

Weblinks:

• http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/may2007/nichd-23.htm - for detailed information on the Pediatric Seizure Study.
• http://www.nichd.nih.gov/news/releases/study_pediatric_seizure_QA_052207.cfm - for the list of the 11 medical centers involved in the Pediatric Seizure Study.