Lorazepam: an adjuvant therapy in patients with seizure and heliotaxis.
Neurol India
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2001 Sep; 49(3): 317-9
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in English
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| ID: sea-120555
ABSTRACT
Photosensitive epilepsy is a type of reflex epilepsy. Five percent of epileptics are photosensitive, i.e. they show photoconvulsive response (PCR) during intermittent photic stimulation. Patients with photogenic or photosensitive epilepsy have seizures with flickering light. They also exhibit heliotaxis. Sodium valproate and ethosuximide are the common drugs used. Even though benzodiazepines are useful, the specific effect of lorazepam is not mentioned. We report 5 cases of photosensitive epilepsy with inadequate response to usual antiepileptic drugs who had complete or near complete remission with lorazepam.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Sunlight
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Child
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Adolescent
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Epilepsy, Reflex
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Lorazepam
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Middle Aged
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Anticonvulsants
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Language:
English
Journal:
Neurol India
Year:
2001
Type:
Article
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