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Jul 15, 2004

Breaking the Cycle of Female Epilepsy

Posted in Health at 12:00 am by David Bradley -- 1 Comment

In issue 39 of Reactive Reports I report on the issue of catamenial epilepsy in women. US researchers have made an important discovery about a form of epilepsy that affects women most severely during menstruation. The findings could lead to a new treatment based on manipulating levels of the hormone progesterone.

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  1. Mary Lacey said,

    February 28, 2006 at 7:35 pm

    I am a woman that has had catamenial epilepsy for just about my entire life. It started when I was 15, and ended when I was 45. The reason it ended was because I started taking low-egestrol birth control pills. I had an ovarian cyst, and my doctor gave me the pills to break it up. What I did not know was that progresterone could be used as an anti-convulsant. I’m sure this could work for other women. It’s been wonderful being seizure free.

    Mary Lacey, Secretary, US Government


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