Alcohol consumption can provoke seizures both in individuals with established epilepsy and in those without a prior history of the disorder. Acute intoxication depresses central nervous system ...

Assistant Professor of Neurology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Baltimore, Md. Alcohol-induced seizures are withdrawal phenomena and do not respond to chronic anticonvulsants. [7] ...

I was very confused and scared. I was 19 years old and never had a seizure before. I didn’t even know what epilepsy was and so my parents and I went and saw a neurologist. The first thing he asked us ...

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have discovered that the anti-seizure drug ezogabine, reduced alcohol consumption in an experimental model. The findings, reported in the ...

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration has issued warning letters to four manufacturers of alcoholic energy drinks, saying the caffeine added to their beverages is an "unsafe food additive." ...