anticonvulsants/fatigue

The ketogenic diet has been in continuous use since 1921 for children and adult with medically-refractory epilepsy. One of the major unanswered questions is whether it would be as effective for children with new-onset epilepsy. Although logically, this would be the case, it remains to be shown in

BACKGROUND AND SIGNIFICANCE Veterans, while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, may have had exposure to improvised explosive devices (IEDs). These blast exposures resulted in the "signature injury" of these operations, traumatic brain injuries (TBIs). The over-pressurization shock waves emitted from

Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) is one of the most common and disabling complications of cancer chemotherapy. CIPN is a major cause of morbidity and reduced quality of life among cancer survivors due to pain, gait instability, and fall related injury. Up to 60% of patients

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an X-chromosome-linked disorder, in which there is a loss of motor neurons from the anterior horn of the spinal cord due to a deletion of the SMN1 gene. SMA is usually classified under 4 categories, based on the onset time and severity of the conditions. Type I SMA

Persons with Parkinson's disease (PD) have progressive disabling tremor, slowness, stiffness, balance impairment, cognitive deficits, psychiatric symptoms, autonomic dysfunction, fatigue and insomnia. Tremor may interfere with necessary daily and work functions. The disorder affects approximately

This will be a clinical, randomized, controlled, and double-blind trial comprising a consecutive sample of 110 CD patients in remission and low serum vitamin D levels treated by the Gastroenterology team of the Inflammatory Intestinal Disease Clinic at the University Hospital (HU/CAS), Federal

Background: Chronic pain represents a substantial social problem. In Norway, the prevalence of chronic moderate pain is between 25 and 30%, and for severe pain it is at 2%. Multidisciplinary treatment is recommended for chronic pain, and during the last years Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT) has

Restless legs syndrome (RLS), or Willis-Ekbom Disease, is a neurologic disorder causing unpleasant sensations and an urge to move the legs when the person is at rest. The sensations are relieved by movement. Loss of sleep associated with RLS can cause extreme fatigue, affecting concentration, which

This group of multidisciplinary investigators has discovered increased levels of immune activation among HIV-1-uninfected active injection drug users (IDUs) when compared to non-IDU controls . The vast majority (80%) are also infected with HCV. Active injectors have high levels of immune activation

Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders, with a prevalence of active disease between 0.3 and 1.8% based on population-based studies across the world (0.7% in US) using medical record reviews. These studies have estimated approximately 1.4 million current epilepsy patients in the US

Fibromyalgia is a painful syndrome characterized by chronic diffuse pain and involvement of multiple muscles and soft tissues 1. The pain is very common, with prevalence around 2% in the adult population. In fibromyalgia, there is an increase of both somatic and visceral nociception, and dysfunction

Gabapentin Gabapentin is an anti-epileptic agent originally developed to treat spasticity (1), and eventually was found to be effective against chronic neuropathic pain (1,2). Gabapentin is available as an oral preparation and is primarily absorbed in the small intestine (1). Gabapentin is not

Before the patients receive the palonosetron, a physical exam and blood tests are performed to determine eligibility. If eligible and willing, subjects are given Palonosetron intravenously. Subjects are given the Palonosetron and Dexamethasone 30 minutes before the first dose of Irinotecan and

Numerous studies demonstrate neuropsychological impairment in patients with chronic pain, particularely on measures assessing attentional capacity, processing speed and psychomotor speed. About 50% of the patients suffering from neuropathic pain are treated with anticonvulsants, as a treatment