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Absence (petit mal) seizures
Absence (petit mal) seizures
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Absence (petit mal) seizures
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge
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Internal Medicine
42 years experience
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Medications
Ratings show how effective doctors think these medications are at treating Absence (petit mal) seizures
Levetiracetam
4
4 reviews
Ethosuximide
3.8
4 reviews
Zonisamide
3.5
2 reviews
Valproic acid
3.3
7 reviews
Topiramate
3
11 reviews
Lamotrigine
3
6 reviews
Depakene
Depacon
Depakote
Zarontin
Stavzor
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A 42-year-old member asked:
What are absence and petit mal seizures?
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Is absence seizures a syndrome?
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A 36-year-old female asked:
Can absence seizures cause add?
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A 29-year-old female asked:
Where does absence seizures start?
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A 29-year-old female asked:
I cannot cope with absence seizures?
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A 29-year-old female asked:
Where's the absence seizures coming from?
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A 29-year-old female asked:
Is absence seizures near the language area?
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A 29-year-old female asked:
does absence seizures causes speech problems
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A 48-year-old member asked:
What's the best choice in treating absence seizures?
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A 22-year-old female asked:
What are clinical manifestations in absence seizures?
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A 35-year-old member asked:
What is the drug of choice in treating absence seizures?
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A 50-year-old member asked:
Could use expert help with why i still have absence seizures?
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A 31-year-old member asked:
How do you take care of someone who suffers from absence seizures?
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A 43-year-old member asked:
Can you have a perfectly normal child that then has absence seizures?
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A 33-year-old member asked:
What's absence seizure?
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A 33-year-old member asked:
What could an absence seizure feel like?
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A 29-year-old female asked:
Is absence seizures near the cortex?
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A 41-year-old member asked:
Can absence seizures be mistaken for add?
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A 49-year-old member asked:
How do I know if i had an absence seizure?
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A 22-year-old female asked:
What is an absence seizure with a clinical change?
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A 29-year-old female asked:
What part of the cortex is the absence seizures are?
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A 36-year-old male asked:
Through which mechanism carbamazpen may exacerbate absence seizures?
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A 18-year-old female asked:
Is it possible for someone to be conscious during an absence seizure?
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A 30-year-old female asked:
Hi,I would like to know does absence seizures cause mental retardation.
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A 42-year-old male asked about a female:
My daughter is 9 and gets absence seizures during the day 5-10 times..she just looks upward mostly for 15-20 sec then she's back to normal, pls advis?
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A 68-year-old female asked:
My son now 36, was diagnosed with complex partial seizures as a child. However reading in here the difference between those and absence seizures I wonder can a person have both?
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A 45-year-old member asked:
Please help! I have epilepsy (absence seizures) ?
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A 30-year-old female asked:
Hi,I have petit mal.does atypical absences seizures causes learning difficulties.
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A 37-year-old member asked:
What is an atypical absence seizure?
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Could a person with epilepsy experience both absence and convulsive seizures?
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