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Lacosamide add-on therapy for focal epilepsy.
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SUBMITTER: Babar RK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8127139 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Lacosamide add-on therapy for focal epilepsy.
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 20210517
<h4>Background</h4>This is an updated version of the Cochrane review published in 2015. Around half of people with epilepsy will not achieve seizure freedom on their first antiepileptic drug; many will require add-on therapy. Around a third of people fail to achieve complete seizure freedom despite multiple antiepileptic drugs. Lacosamide has been licenced as an add-on therapy for drug-resistant focal epilepsy.<h4>Objectives</h4>To evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of lacosamide as an add-o ...[more]