Most drug-induced seizures are self-limiting and do not result in severe sequelae. About 15% may present as status epilepticus, and this has potential for morbidity. The treatment of drug-induced seizures is usually like that of seizures due to other causes, although drug-induced seizures are more difficult to control.
Many prescription drugs can lead to seizures. In fact, prescription drugs are a leading cause of drug-induced seizures.
Drug-induced seizures can arise in the setting of acute drug withdrawal or drug toxicity, or as a consequence of medication use for acute illness in patients with no prior history of seizures. It has been long recognized that the antidepressants cause drug-induced seizures by lowering seizure threshold particularly at supratherapeutic levels.
Alcohol withdrawal-induced convulsion; Alcohol-induced epilepsy; Alcohol-related fit; Drug-induced epilepsy; Drug-induced epilepsy; Narcotic withdrawal epilepsy; Post-traumatic epilepsy; Seizure co-occurrent and due to anxiolytic withdrawal; Seizure co-occurrent and due to hypnotic withdrawal; Seizure co-occurrent and due to psychoactive
Many prescription drugs can lead to seizures. In fact, prescription drugs are a leading cause of drug-induced seizures.
Many prescription drugs can lead to seizures. In fact, prescription drugs are a leading cause of drug-induced seizures.
Most drug-induced seizures are self-limiting and do not result in severe sequelae. About 15% may present as status epilepticus, and this has potential for morbidity. The treatment of drug-induced seizures is usually like that of seizures due to other causes, although drug-induced seizures are more difficult to control.
3 Drug- induced seizures are diffuse and pathologi- cally different than idiopathic seizure. Thus, treatment of drug-induced seizure and status epilepticus
by AW Hitchings Cited by 31Drugs with the opposite effects may induce seizures. The propensity of a drug to induce seizures depends on its effects on neurotransmission and their time-.
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