Holsti and colleagues state that seizures lasting more than 5 minutes in the out- of-hospital setting are often treated by the patient's family. In the United States, rectal diazepam is the most ...

Administering a drug called midazolam via the mouth cavity is more effective than rectal diazepam for the emergency treatment of seizures in children, concludes a study published in this week's issue ...

That Nurse A: 1. Failed to manage Resident A’s epileptic seizure in a clinically appropriate way in that they: a. Administered the first dose of buccal midazolam 10 minutes after the onset of the ...

Paves way for the extension of well-established and pan-European market-leading brand to include the treatment of adult patients Buccolam ® is a prescription brand buccal midazolam indicated for the ...

ViroPharma Incorporated (Nasdaq: VPHM) today announced that the European Commission has granted a Centralized Pediatric Use Marketing Authorization (PUMA) for Buccolam® (midazolam, oromucosal solution ...

Clinicians and carers of children and adolescents suffering from prolonged, acute, convulsive seizures now have access to Buccolam® (midazolam oromucosal solution), a newly approved rescue medication ...

A BOLTON NHS Foundation Trust Epilepsy Nurse has helped develop a national online training tool. Epilepsy specialist nurse Natasha Denvir has helped to develop an online training course on the ...

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has updated its advice to doctors on the drugs which they should prescribe for patients who have epilepsy. The National Institute for ...

A mother has told how her daughter was left unconscious after a hospital issued medicine that was incorrectly labelled. Three-year-old Ruby Plummer was diagnosed with epilepsy last March, a condition ...