When pregnant, chances are you will have a lot of questions. One of them shouldn’t…
Browsing: epilepsy
Even though he was diagnosed with epilepsy at 11, John Knecht, now in his 50s, says he was in denial…
The first-ever FDA-approved drug that contains cannabidiol (CBD), one of the chemicals present in marijuana, won’t face the kind of…
Janssen Pharmaceuticals has stopped making Levaquin (levofloxacin), a fluoroquinolone antibiotic associated with many side effects. In December, Janssen, which is…
An FDA advisory committee just gave the thumbs-up — for the first time — to a drug that contains plant-based…
More than three-quarters of Americans — 78% — say they are willing to try non-drug alternatives for pain before turning…
A drug prescribed to treat epilepsy and bipolar disorder is responsible for more than 4,000 babies born with birth defects…
How ‘Medical’ Is Marijuana?
A systematic review published in The Journal of the American Medical Association looked at all randomized controlled trials of cannabis…
The Problem with Weed
For many years I stood in favor of legalizing pot about weed. The primary reason for my opinion was that…
Side effects of antiepileptic drugs may affect quality of life even more than seizures. In a study of 1,694 adults…
A research study that followed epileptic women from pregnancy through the first 3 years of the child’s life has been…
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