When my daughter Avery joined the youth cheer team this year, I wasn’t sure what to expect. Because of her developmental disability, speech delay, and the many seizure triggers brought on by Dravet syndrome, her participation in youth sports has been almost nonexistent. When we walked into the cheerleading…
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Stoke Therapeutics says it’s aligned with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on key aspects of a planned application seeking approval of zorevunersen for Dravet syndrome — including how to analyze data from an ongoing Phase 3 clinical trial testing the potential anti-seizure med. According to…
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Note: This column describes the author’s own thoughts about various seizure medications and therapies. Not everyone will have the same response to treatment. Consult your doctor before starting or stopping a therapy. Early on, when Avery, my daughter with Dravet syndrome, started having seizures, I was scared of…
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Treatment with cannabidiol (CBD) can help reduce the frequency of seizures for some adults with Dravet syndrome and other forms of childhood-onset epilepsy, a study showed. The study reported data from 37 adults with epilepsy who underwent CBD treatment at three medical centers in Spain. After one year of…
Becoming educated and informed about Dravet syndrome is a good first step. Here you’ll find general information about the disease, including diagnosis, symptoms, and causes.
It helps to know others have been where you are now. Here’s a collection of our columnist’s words of wisdom to help you along on your Dravet syndrome journey.
There is no cure for Dravet syndrome yet, but here you can find more information about current therapeutic approaches, as well as experimental treatments that are in the pipeline.
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