Royal Colleges publish new guidance around use of valproate for women and girls of childbearing age with epilepsy
New guidance brings greater clarity for doctors and patients in implementing MHRA regulations around use of sodium valproate for women and girls of childbearing age with epilepsy Charity hopes guidance will help to address some of the complex situations that arise in individual cases
Shortage of Epanutin Infatabs 50 mg
We have been advised by the pharmaceutical company Pfizer that due to manufacturing delays there will be a shortage of Epanutin (phenytoin) Infatabs 50mg from 1 May through to July or August 2019.
Teva to discontinue Oxcarbazepine 150mg tablets
Teva UK are discontinuing their version of Oxcarbazepine 150mg tablets in October 2019. There is currently stock available. They have already discontinued their 300mg and 600mg tablets.
Some dosages of Topamax are out of stock in the UK
Some dosages of Topamax (topiramate), 25mg and 100mg are currently out of stock in the UK.
Epilepsy Society Neurologist on BBC Radio 4 to discuss new genomics research
If you tuned into Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4 this morning, you would have heard one of our Consultant Neurologists, Dr Simona Balestrini, discussing how Epilepsy Society's new €2.5 million genomics research partnership with biopharmaceutical UCB, could bring new hope to people with epilepsy.
How a pioneering software system is transforming brain surgery
A pioneering new approach being trialled at University College London Hospital (UCLH) hopes to make epilepsy surgery safer and easier. A team of researchers, clinicians and engineers from Epilepsy Society, UCLH, UCL and King’s College London have developed a world-leading software system called EpiNav, which stands for epilepsy navigation, and their work is being featured on today’s episode (10 October 2018) of the BBC’s Trust Me I’m a Doctor.