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FDA Approves New Drug for Severe Epilepsy
Date:11/21/2008

nsciousness, causing abrupt falls), atypical absence (staring spells), and myoclonic (sudden muscle jerks).

Most children with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome have some degree of impaired intellectual functioning or information processing, as well as developmental delays and behavioral issues.

"This approval offers another treatment option for patients who suffer from these debilitating, severe seizures," Dr. Russell Katz, director of the division of neurology products in the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, said in the news release.

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SOURCE: U.S. Food and Drug Administration news release, Nov. 21, 2008


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