What is Causing a World Wide Epidemic of Seizures?
A recent study explored the association between the use of neuroactive drugs and reports of epileptic seizures. The researchers used the WHO adverse drug reactions (ADR) database to survey reports of suspected seizures from 1968 until February 2006.
The 10 drugs most frequently associated with convulsive ADRs were maprotilene (14.42 percent), escitaloprame (9.78 percent), buproprione (9.49 percent), clozapine (9.0 percent), chlorprothiexene (8.89 percent), amoxapine (8.74 percent), donepezil (8.40 percent), rivastigmine (6.41 percent), quetiapine (5.90 percent) and trimipramine (5.69 percent).
According to the study, as reported by Green Med Info:
“Based on the reports … ADR reports relating to antidepressants, antipsychotic and cholinomimetic drugs included seizures more often than other neuroactive drugs.”
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