Effectiveness of lacosamide in children and young adults previously treated with other sodium channel blockers

CONCLUSIONS: Lacosamide was effective in 30% of children and young adults in whom other SCBs had not been effective. The effectiveness of LCM may differ from that of other SCBs, and it is worth trying in patients with epilepsy resistant to other AEDs.PMID:34814035 | DOI:10.1016/j.yebeh.2021.108397

Source: Epilepsy and Behaviour - November 23, 2021 Category: Neurology Authors: Takeshi Suzuki Jun Natsume Sumire Kumai Yuki Maki Hiroyuki Yamamoto Shingo Numoto Sho Narahara Tetsuo Kubota Takeshi Tsuji Toru Kato Keitaro Yamada Koichi Maruyama Akihisa Okumura Yoshiyuki Takahashi Hiroyuki Kidokoro Source Type: research