In a patient on ASMs in the EMU that’s diagnosed with a non-epileptic event (i.e. functional seizures), and has a normal EEG, how do you approach coming off meds?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
In our EMU, we typically try to wean medications rapidly in patients with suspected non-epileptic events (often ~50% reduction per day for meds with a short half-life and may stop meds with a long half-life, like zonisamide, upon admission). If the patient only has one type of event and it is confir...
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at UF Health Sometimes, we are not able to record all of the ty...
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