Eisai Europe Limited has recently introduced a drug to treat children living with Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome, a severe form of epilepsy.
The Tokyo-based pharmaceutical company has licensed the drug Inovelon (rufinamide) which will bear great benefits for children suffering from the uncommon condition. The full article can be found here: http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=25797§ionid=3510210
What I find so fascinating is that the title of this article is "Cure Found for Childhood Epilepsy". I understand that this is just marketing, but still, this is no "cure". To my way of thinking, this is just another anti-seizure medication to help control seizure activity.
And that raises a larger question...Is medication a cure? I suppose it can cure certain individuals, but in the larger sense of the term, I don't think so. What do you think?
Thursday, October 4, 2007
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