Intravenous lacosamide as successful treatment for nonconvulsive status epilepticus after failure of first-line therapy

Christoph Kellinghaus; Sascha Berning; Michael Besselmann

doi:10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.12.009

Intravenous lacosamide as successful treatment for nonconvulsive status epilepticus after failure of first-line therapy

Epilepsy Behav. 2009 Feb;14(2):429-31. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.12.009. Epub 2009 Jan 6.

Authors

Christoph Kellinghaus¹, Sascha Berning, Michael Besselmann

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology, Klinikum Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany. [email protected]

PMID: 19130901
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.12.009

Abstract

Treatment of status epilepticus usually requires intravenous anticonvulsant therapy. Lacosamide is a novel anticonvulsant drug that is available as infusion solution. We describe a patient with nonconvulsive status epilepticus who was successfully treated with intravenous lacosamide.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acetamides / administration & dosage*
Adult
Anticonvulsants / administration & dosage*
Electroencephalography
Female
Humans
Injections, Intravenous / methods
Lacosamide
Status Epilepticus / drug therapy*
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Acetamides
Anticonvulsants
Lacosamide