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FOR PEOPLE WITH DRUG-RESISTANT EPILEPSY: - WHAT’S NEW IN THE 2023 GUIDELINES? BACKGROUND

24 Mar 2023

• The LGIT allows a more liberal amount of carbohydrate, but the diet is restricted to carbohydrates with a GI of less than 50. [...] If this is the case, medication can be prescribed to adjust the activity of the immune system to help control seizures. [...] How is it treated? Corticosteroids suppress the activity of the immune system and are one of the main treatment options. [...] is controlled by a device placed VNS can be considered for adults under the and children with focal or skin in the generalized epilepsy. [...] These guidelines are maintained and updated by EpLink – The Epilepsy Research Program of the Ontario Brain Institute (OBI) in partnership with the Epilepsy Implementation Task Force.
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