WA study finds 30% of patients untreated after newly diagnosed epilepsy

About 30% of adult patients with newly diagnosed epilepsy are not initially treated with anti-seizure medication. The untreated patients include about equal numbers of patients where immediate treatment was not recommended and patients who declined treatment. ...

About 30% of adult patients with newly diagnosed epilepsy are not initially treated with anti-seizure medication. The...

Triptans to be made available without prescription for migraine

Sumatriptan and zolmitriptan are to be down-scheduled to over-the counter (OTC) medicines to allow pharmacists to diagnose migraine and dispense the medications for people in the early stages of an attack. In an interim decision the TGA’s Advisory Committee on...

Sumatriptan and zolmitriptan are to be down-scheduled to over-the counter (OTC) medicines to allow pharmacists to diagnose migraine and dispense...

Multiple sclerosis

Jury still out on use of natalizumab for MS in late pregnancy

The jury is still out on the use of natalizumab in the latter stages of pregnancy in women with aggressive MS, say neurologists from WA. While the monoclonal antibody is considered safe in early pregnancy, it crosses...

The jury is still out on the use of natalizumab in the latter stages of pregnancy in women...

Movement disorders

Gravity-based exercise machine trialled in Parkinson’s patients

A novel exercise machine that could improve the symptoms of people with Parkinson’s Disease using gravity and movement is being tested by neurologists in Victoria. The ‘Reviver’ vestibular-stimulation, isometric exercise machine intentionally challenges participants’ sense of balance in a safe and controlled...

A novel exercise machine that could improve the symptoms of people with Parkinson’s Disease using gravity and movement is being...