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Ketamine

“We wish to determine whether adding ketamine to existing treatment would terminate status epilepticus in more patients than the current treatment,” said neurologist Jaideep Kapur, MD, PhD, co-director of the University of Virginia’s Brain Institute and an epileptologist (epilepsy expert) at UVA Health and the UVA School of Medicine. “Our hope is that this trial can improve treatment guidelines for patients suffering from these dangerous seizures.”

Ketamine Could Be Game-Changer for Treating Life-Threatening Seizures

Ketamine lozenges are made at a compounding pharmacy.

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A spectrogram of brain rhythm frequencies over time predicted by the team's model. After a first, moderate dose of ketamine gamma brain rhythm power (warmer colors) emerges. Then as the dose increases, the gamma rhythms become periodically interrupted, leaving only very low freqeuncy waves, and then resume.

Computational Model Unveils the Inner Workings of Ketamine

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