Public health leaders, emergency physicians and addiction medicine specialists in Philadelphia are investigating a steady uptick in seizures among people who use drugs. Emergency department visits ...

Taking GLP-1 medications like Ozempic is linked to a smaller risk of developing epilepsy than taking DPP-4 inhibitors. | Drug ...

An 18-week experimental study examining the effects of topiramate on tobacco smoking and alcohol use found no differences ...

Researchers caution that while the findings are promising, the observational study does not prove that GLP-1 drugs prevent ...

A new analysis suggests GLP 1 receptor agonists, the diabetes drugs that include semaglutide, dulaglutide and liraglutide, ...

Drug experts say U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi’s statement ignores critical facts about fentanyl and drug seizures. Not everyone is at risk of dying from a fentanyl overdose, experts say. To die ...

A "record-breaking summer" of cocaine seizures by Border Force "only scratches the surface", according to the head of a Kent drug rehabilitation charity. The government agency said it had seized £1bn ...

Levetiracetam reduces tonic-clonic seizures by over 77% in clinical studies. Ethosuximide is highly effective for absence seizures, especially in children. Valproate remains the gold standard for ...

The doctors were out of ideas to help 5-year-old Charlotte Figi. Suffering from a rare genetic disorder, she had as many as 300 grand mal seizures a week, used a wheelchair, went into repeated cardiac ...

The anti-seizure drug gabapentin is used to treat epilepsy, nerve pain after shingles and restless legs syndrome by affecting chemical messengers in the brain and nerves. Common side effects include ...

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