New Drug May Reduce Seizures in Epilepsy

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 15:32 in Health & Medicine

A new drug called perampanel appears to significantly reduce seizures in people with hard-to-control epilepsy, according to results of the first clinical trial to test the higher 12 mg dose of the drug. The late-breaking research will be presented at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, April 9-16, 2011, in Honolulu.

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