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Treatment of Menstrual Epilepsy with a Progesterone-Only Oral Contraceptive
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Total control of seizures in a woman with catamenial epilepsy was achieved using norethisterone (the “mini‐pill”).Abstract:
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Total control of seizures in a woman with catamenial epilepsy was achieved using norethisterone (the “mini-pill”).
RESUME
Chez une femme ayant une epilepsie catameniale, on a obtenu un controle complet des crises en utilisant le norethisterone (la mini-pillule).
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Se ha conseguido un control total de los ataques en una mujer con epilepsia catamenial mediante la utiliza-ci6n de noretisterona (la mini-pildora).
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Vollige Anfallskontrolle bei einer Frau mit “Monats-epilepsie” wurd mit Norethisteron, der “Mini-Pille” erreicht.read more
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Pathophysiology and Treatment
Gayla Herbel,Patrick J. Boyle +1 more
TL;DR: Factors under the patient's control and beyond the patient’s control are responsible for the frequency of hypoglycemia, and lack of education in regards to counting the grams of carbohydrate accurately sets the stage for excess insulin administration.
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Biological rhythms and medicine
TL;DR: The rhythm dependence of certain disease states and the pharmacodynamics of medications frequently prescribed for their treatment are discussed and the use of chronobiologic principles in its treatment is discussed.
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Progesterone therapy in women with complex partial and secondary generalized seizures
TL;DR: Progesterone was well tolerated by 23 of the 25 women and had readily reversible dose-related side effects of asthenia and emotional depression in two and a decline in seizure frequency during a 3-month treatment period.
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Catamenial Epilepsy: A Review
TL;DR: This review of 126 reports on catamenial epilepsy describes seizure exacerbations associated with the menses and the importance of hormonal measurements, the influence of antiepileptic drugs and oral contraceptives, and the significance of hormonal changes on epilepsy are evaluated.
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Catamenial epilepsy: definition, prevalence pathophysiology and treatment.
TL;DR: A rational mathematical basis for the categorization of seizure exacerbation as catamenial epilepsy has been developed and it identifies approximately one third of women as having catamenia, which may also respond to hormonal treatment.
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Medroxyprogesterone acetate in the treatment of seizures associated with menstruation
TL;DR: An 8-year-old girl who had a generalized seizure disorder from the age of 5 had an early onset of normal puberty and developed exacerbation of seizures and behavioral abnormalities during menstrual periods and following three biweekly injections of depot-MPA, her menses ceased, and she became seizure-free for 4 months.
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Epilepsy and menstruation: the rôle of water retention
Barbara M. Ansell,Edwin Clarke +1 more