antiepileptic
Americanadjective
noun
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antiepileptics
plural
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Children are currently treated with generic antiepileptic drugs, as there aren't yet any disease-targeting medications for this disorder.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 11, 2023
The acne treatment Retin A, for instance, and antiepileptic drugs.
From Slate ● Dec. 7, 2014
Some children who continue to have seizures in spite of treatment with antiepileptic medication experience an improvement on a ketogenic diet.
From Nature ● Jul. 8, 2014
More than half of patients can achieve seizure control with treatment, yet almost a third of people with epilepsy have a refractory form of the disease that does not respond well to existing antiepileptic drugs.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 3, 2012
Deprived of food, the human body starts burning body fat as fuel, and it was that process of ketosis that somehow had the antiepileptic effect.
From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2010
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