This web site is updated weekly so that we may bring you the latest health news in a timely fashion. You may want to bookmark this site for future reference. . Kids A medication previously approved to reduce the number of epileptic seizures in adults is safe and effective for children as well, a new study concludes.
Kids can now stay awake in class and participate in after-school activities.
Of those who took lamotrigine in addition to their usual medication, partial seizures in 45 percent and secondary generalized seizures in 53 percent dropped by half or more - versus 16 and 26 percent in children taking a placebo. Graf reports his findings in the journal Neurology. All rights reserved.