Even a single seizure can mean the loss of driving privileges and loss of employment, as well as other social difficulties and economic hardships. With seizure control comes the opportunity for a normal life. It's gratifying to know that Trileptal is now cleared for the benefit of patients in this country. Partial seizures affect between 50 and 70 percent of persons with epilepsy and are especially common in adults. Seizures are produced by brief disturbances of electrical activity in the brain.
Partial seizures happen when the disturbance is focused within a limited region of the brain.
According to a recent study sponsored by the Epilepsy Foundation, 2.3 million Americans have epilepsy, and 181,000 new cases of seizures and epilepsy occur each year. Approximately 500,000 epilepsy patients receive medical care that successfully controls their seizures. Roughly one million get incomplete relief, and almost 600,000 still have seizures that do not respond to existing therapies. The Epilepsy Foundation, with national offices in metropolitan Washington, D.C. and a network of affiliates throughout the nation, is the non-profit volunteer agency devoted to research, education, advocacy and services in the community for people with seizure disorders and their families. Peter Van Haverbeke - ext.