Modern possibilities of antiepileptic therapy at the start of treatment of focal epilepsy

Abstract

The report presents data on the evaluation of efficacy and tolerability, as well as the dynamics of epileptiform activity index in adolescents and adults with newly diagnosed focal epilepsy during lacosamide therapy.

Epilepsy in Women of Fertile Age

“…A number of studies have shown that the peculiarity of epilepsy in women is due to the hypothalamicpituitary-ovarian system with daily and monthly cycles, accompanied by diverse changes inherent only in the body of a woman: pregnancy, childbirth, lactation [2]. These and other studies show that women with epilepsy have a higher incidence of disorders such as menstrual irregularities, polycystic ovary syndrome, and infertility.…”

“…Epilepsy and pregnancy, management of pregnancy and childbirth remains a big problem for women with epilepsy. According to Russian researchers, over the past decades there has been a fourfold increase in the number of births among women with epilepsy [2,3]. In the world, 0.3% of newborns are born annually from women suffering from epilepsy [9,10].…”