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Jim Byard's Health Beat |
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3/10/2010
A large-scale national study has determined that an anti-epilepsy drug available since the 1950's offers the best protection out of three medications to treat the most common form of childhood seizures. As reported in the "New England Journal of Medicine, "the studies winner was the Ethosuximide from Pfizer. Dr. Tracy Glauser of Cincinnati Children's Hospital led the study of 446 youngsters at 32 centers across the country. Glauser said the older drug gives better seizure control combined with fewer attention problems. The treatment that fared worst was Lamotrigine from GlaxoSmithKline. Valporic acid from Abbott Laboratories was nearly as good as Ethosuximide but interfered with concentration.
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