"Organic" pseudoseizures as an unrecognized side-effect of anticonvulsant therapy.
Although pseudoseizures are a cause of drug toxicity (as escalating doses are used in an attempt to suppress seemingly intractable spells), in this brief report the exact converse is argued: namely, that a sub-group of pseudoseizures may arise as a reversible idiosyncratic toxic side-effect of GABAergic anticonvulsants. The term "organic pseudoseizures" is used to denote this group of medication related behavioural alterations.
Department of Medicine (Neurology), School of Biomedical Engineering, 6274 Coburg Road, Chemistry Building, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, B3H 4J3, Canada. weaver@chem3.chem.dal.ca
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D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000379:methods; D018682:GABA Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D012640:Seizures / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*
D000927:Anticonvulsants; D018682:GABA Agents