Methods and systems for administering an appropriate pharmacological treatment to a patient for managing epilepsy and other neurological disorders
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1. A method of managing epileptic seizures, the method comprising:
- determining that a patient has an increased propensity for having a future epileptic seizure within a time period prior to the occurrence of the epileptic seizure; and
providing an output communication to the patient that indicates to the patient a therapeutically effective dosage of a pharmacological agent treatment to be administered that will provide a clinically therapeutic threshold amount of the pharmacological agent within the time period prior to the occurrences of the epileptic seizure;
wherein the therapeutically effective dosage is less than a dosage that is effective after the seizure has begun.
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Abstract
The present invention provides systems and methods for managing epilepsy. In one embodiment, a method of the present invention characterize a patient'"'"'s propensity for a future epileptic seizure and facilitates administration of a pharmacological agent. The dosage of the pharmacological agent is typically a function of at least one of the patient'"'"'s propensity for the future epileptic seizure and time period to seizure.
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25 Claims
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1. A method of managing epileptic seizures, the method comprising:
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determining that a patient has an increased propensity for having a future epileptic seizure within a time period prior to the occurrence of the epileptic seizure; and
providing an output communication to the patient that indicates to the patient a therapeutically effective dosage of a pharmacological agent treatment to be administered that will provide a clinically therapeutic threshold amount of the pharmacological agent within the time period prior to the occurrences of the epileptic seizure;
wherein the therapeutically effective dosage is less than a dosage that is effective after the seizure has begun. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of administering a pharmacological agent for treating epileptic seizures, the method comprising:
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determining that a patient has an increased propensity for having an epileptic seizure within a time period prior to the occurrences of the epileptic seizure; and
facilitating an acute administration of a therapeutically effective dosage of benzodiazepine that provides a clinical threshold amount of the benzodiazepine within the time period prior to the occurrence of the epileptic seizure. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22)
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- 19. The method of 12 wherein the benzodiazepine is diazepam.
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23. A method of managing epileptic seizures, the method comprising:
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determining that a patient has an increased propensity of a future epileptic seizure within a time period prior to the occurrence of the epileptic seizure; and
providing an output communication to the patient that is indicative of a therapeutically effective dosage of a pharmacological agent treatment that will provide a clinically therapeutic threshold amount of the pharmacological agent within the time period prior to the occurrences of the epileptic seizure. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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