Association of first anti-seizure medication choice with injuries in older adults with newly diagnosed epilepsy

Anti-seizure medications (ASMs) are commonly prescribed in older adults as the risk of recurrent unprovoked seizures (epilepsy incidence) in the adult population increases exponentially in older age.[1,2] Resultantly, seizure prevalence approximately doubles between age 50 and 80 and commonly co-occurs with other comorbidities such as cerebrovascular or neurodegenerative disease.[3] Older adults may be particularly vulnerable to the side effects of ASMs because of aging-associated metabolic changes.

Source: Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy - May 7, 2023 Category: Neurology Authors: Leah J. Blank, Parul Agarwal, Churl-Su Kwon, Nathalie Jett é Source Type: research