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Suppression of post-hypoxic and post-encephalitic myoclonus with levetiracetam
G L Krauss1, A Bergin, R E Kramer
1Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA. gkrauss@jhmi.edu
Neurology
|February 15, 2001
Abstract:
Posthypoxic and postencephalitic myoclonus is often poorly controlled with current treatments. The authors successfully treated three patients with posthypoxic and postencephalitic myoclonus by using levetiracetam, a new antiepileptic drug. Levetiracetam appears to be a promising agent for treating action myoclonus caused by hypoxic and encephalitic brain injury-the degree of functional improvement may depend on the severity of associated motor dysfunction.