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The effects and risks of so-called recreational drugs vary greatly. They may directly affect the brain and seizures or interact with seizure medications. The effects will vary for different drugs and from one person to the next. Cocaine. All forms of cocaine use can cause seizures within seconds, minutes, or hours after it is taken.
- The Relationship Between Seizures and Substance Use
- What Happens During A Seizure?
- Epilepsy
- How Substance Abuse Affects Seizures
- Epidiolex
Seizures occur when there is a sudden, uncontrollable electrical surge in the brain. This abnormal activity between brain cells causes behavioral changes, muscle movements, and an altered state of awareness. There are several different types of seizures with a wide range of symptoms. This means that experiences and triggers vary from person to pers...
Seizures generally are the result of an imbalance between inhibitory influences and excitatory stimulation in the brain. When excitatory and inhibitory transmitters and receptors are balanced, neural activity is normal. Either increased excitatory and decreased inhibitory can cause a seizure. While the experience of having a seizure tends to vary f...
While not everyone who has a seizure will have another one in the future, those who have two or more may receive an epilepsy diagnosis. Each year there are about 180,000 new cases of epilepsy with children and elderlyadults being the most affected. For 70% of epilepsy cases, the cause of the disorder is unknown. Some known causes are head injuries,...
Seizures are a common complication of substance use with up to 9% of status epilepticus cases being caused by recreational drugs or poison. This complication can be the result of substance withdrawal, specifically alcohol withdrawal which can occur 6 to 48 hours after an individual stops drinking. Alcohol withdrawal seizures are most common among t...
In 2018, the FDA approved Epidiolex for the treatment of seizures associated with 2 rare forms of epilepsy: Dravet Syndrome and Lennox Gastaut Syndrome. Epidiolex contains cannabidiol, or CBD. This is the first FDA approved drug that contains the purified drug substance derived from marijuana as well as the first drug treatment for Dravet Syndrome....
Conversely and on a more practical note, the recognition of drug addiction should raise suspicion that the presenting neurological syndrome may have an unusual aetiology and pathogenesis, and be a warning for the neurologist that there is the potential for more than one pathology, and that future management may have predictable difficulties.
- T P Enevoldson
- 2004
Sep 17, 2015 · Prolonged or recurrent seizures can lead to serious complications and require vigorous supportive care and anticonvulsant drugs. Benzodiazepines are generally accepted as the first line anticonvulsant therapy for drug‐induced seizures. If benzodiazepines fail to halt seizures promptly, second line drugs include barbiturates and propofol.
- Hsien Yi Chen, Hsien Yi Chen, Hsien Yi Chen, Timothy E Albertson, Timothy E Albertson, Kent R. Olson...
- 10.1111/bcp.12720
- 2016
- 2016/03
In addition to tobacco and alcohol, a large number of substances, legal and illegal, are used recreationally. Broad categories include opioids, psychostimulants, marijuana and related agents, sedatives, hallucinogens, inhalants, phencyclidine and related agents, and anticholinergics.
- John C. M. Brust
- 2014/06
- 10.1212/01.CON.0000450971.99322.cd
Nov 24, 2021 · Recreational substance use (RSU) has been associated with seizure. There is limited knowledge on prevalence of seizures in patients with concomitant RSU in U.S. Thus, we aimed to investigate the prevalence of concomitant RSU in patients with seizures at a university based tertiary healthcare system. Methods.
Seizures are a recognized and potentially serious complication of recreational drug use. This study examined a large international data set of presentations to Emergency Departments with acute recreational drug toxicity, the European Drug Emergencies Plus (Euro-DEN Plus) Network, to compare presenta ….
