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There's a lot of chat on here about alternative/complementary remedies for epilepsy. There are a lot of great ones that do a good job. There are also some substances we'd think would be okay, but aren't.
Below is a link to the University of Washington's regional epilepsy center. They have doctors on staff that specialize in integrative medicine (alternative therapies).
This site does a good job of summarizing the various research into alternative therapies, It clearly spells out what works, what doesn't, and where there isn't enough research about a substance for anyone to have a scientific opinion.
It also spells out which herbs and vitamins could increase seizures, or can actually be dangerous for people with epilepsy or that are on AEDs. It's not all-inclusive of vitamins and herbs, but has quite a few.
The site uses objective research data as it's source, and often explains the mechanism of how or why they got the results they did. Pretty interesting. Especially useful are the interaction matrices towards the bottom of the page. For all you hard core readers, much of the research is cited at the end and you can go read the originals.
I'm going to be consulting this page before I take any supplement, be it vitamin or herbal remedy.
I posted the link in another thread, but I thought this was important enough to deserve it's own.
http://pcs.hmc.washington.edu/Epilepsy/EpiInfo/CAM.html
Happy reading
Below is a link to the University of Washington's regional epilepsy center. They have doctors on staff that specialize in integrative medicine (alternative therapies).
This site does a good job of summarizing the various research into alternative therapies, It clearly spells out what works, what doesn't, and where there isn't enough research about a substance for anyone to have a scientific opinion.
It also spells out which herbs and vitamins could increase seizures, or can actually be dangerous for people with epilepsy or that are on AEDs. It's not all-inclusive of vitamins and herbs, but has quite a few.
The site uses objective research data as it's source, and often explains the mechanism of how or why they got the results they did. Pretty interesting. Especially useful are the interaction matrices towards the bottom of the page. For all you hard core readers, much of the research is cited at the end and you can go read the originals.
I'm going to be consulting this page before I take any supplement, be it vitamin or herbal remedy.
I posted the link in another thread, but I thought this was important enough to deserve it's own.
http://pcs.hmc.washington.edu/Epilepsy/EpiInfo/CAM.html
Happy reading
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