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New approach to Treating Drug-Resistant Epilepsy
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@auroralm Good Morning
My understanding is that this research applies to all forms of drug-resistant epilepsy, not exclusively temporal lobe epilepsy. My guess is that the initial testing focused on patients with temporal lobe epilepsy because this type demonstrates a higher incidence of drug resistance, representing approximately 60% of all drug-resistant epilepsy cases.
Have a nice Sunday!
Chris (@santosha)
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@santosha I have temporal lobe epilepsy caused from a TBI. The left temporal lobe was damaged. I could not find a drug that stopped the seizures over about 8 years so I stopped all meds in 2012. I have started having Drop seizures over the last few years which are even worse. I ended up fracturing my spine at the end of 24 then had another few fractures from the next few falls but all is ok. It is very frightening not knowing what will happen after the next fall. I have about 2 a month, around the beginning of each month/or the end of the nxt. I can also sometimes have 1 in the middle of a month.