Prevalence of recreational substance use in patients presenting with seizures to a tertiary care hospital

CONCLUSIONS: Overall, the most common concomitantly positively tested RSU during seizure encounters was cannabinoid (40.7%) followed by benzodiazepine (38.7%). There was a higher proportion of males' encounters with concomitant seizure and RSU regardless of type of drug class. Amphetamine use was more common in Caucasians, while the remaining studied RSU were more common in African Americans. Similar trends were seen in the subgroup of subjects older than 16 years.PMID:34837845 | DOI:10.1016/j.yebeh.2021.108419
Source: Epilepsy and Behaviour - Category: Neurology Authors: Source Type: research