Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The anticonvulsant drug lamotrigine appears to hinder the assembly of bacterial ribosomes, and may therefore ...

Research funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institutes of Health, suggests that gamma vinyl-GABA (GVG)--a drug used to treat epilepsy--may prove to be an effective treatment ...

The utilization pattern of anticonvulsants after a change in preferred-formulary coverage resulted in health plan savings of $0.16 per member per month. Anticonvulsant medications are commonly used ...

Sepsis is a serious medical condition that results from inflammation in the body and can cause fatal multi-organ dysfunction. The inflammation is usually triggered from a chromosomal protein called ...

Use of the anticonvulsant drug valproate during pregnancy may pose a significantly great risk of birth defects than does use of other antiseizure medications. In the March 22 issue of Neurology, ...

Scientists at the Ohio State University report that gabapentin, currently prescribed to control seizures and reduce nerve pain, may enhance recovery of movement after a stroke by helping neurons on ...

Serious conditions, including sepsis, stem from inflammation in the body, and there is a lack of effective medication for sepsis. A chromosomal protein called high-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1), ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Widely used anticonvulsant drugs, including Pfizer's Neurontin and Novartis' Trileptal, may increase the risk of suicide, attempted suicide and violent death in patients taking ...

The Anticonconvulsant Drug Development program at the University of Utah has been instrumental in bringing an amazing 16 epilepsy drugs to the market. Director H. Steve White, Ph.D., describes the ...

The misuse of these and other such drugs should serve as a wake-up call. These medications, meant to treat legitimate medical conditions, like epilepsy and neuropathic pain, are being treated as ...

Use of the anticonvulsant drug valproate during pregnancy may pose a significantly great risk of birth defects than does use of other antiseizure medications. In the March 22 issue of Neurology, ...