Intravenous lacosamide as successful treatment for nonconvulsive status epilepticus after failure of first-line therapy.
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.
Kellinghaus
Christoph
C
Department of Neurology, Klinikum Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany. christoph.kellinghaus@klinikum-os.de
Berning
Sascha
S
Besselmann
Michael
M
D000081:Acetamides / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000328:Adult; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous / Q000379:methods; D000078334:Lacosamide; D013226:Status Epilepticus / Q000188:drug therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000081:Acetamides; D000927:Anticonvulsants; D000078334:Lacosamide