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Drug-Resistant Epilepsy: Multiple Hypotheses, Few Answers, Fei Tang, Anika M. S. Hartz, Björn Bauer
Drug-Resistant Epilepsy: Multiple Hypotheses, Few Answers, Fei Tang, Anika M. S. Hartz, Björn Bauer
Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Publications
Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder that affects over 70 million people worldwide. Despite the recent introduction of new antiseizure drugs (ASDs), about one-third of patients with epilepsy have seizures refractory to pharmacotherapy. Early identification of patients who will become refractory to ASDs could help direct such patients to appropriate non-pharmacological treatment, but the complexity in the temporal patterns of epilepsy could make such identification difficult. The target hypothesis and transporter hypothesis are the most cited theories trying to explain refractory epilepsy, but neither theory alone fully explains the neurobiological basis of pharmacoresistance. This review summarizes evidence for and against …