Methods and systems for recommending an appropriate pharmacological treatment to a patient for managing epilepsy and other neurological disorders
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1. A method of preventing an epileptic seizure comprising:
- a first characterizing step, comprising characterizing a patient'"'"'s propensity for an onset of a future epileptic seizure;
communicating to the patient and/or a health care provider a first therapy recommendation, wherein the first therapy recommendation is selected from a plurality of therapy recommendations based on the patient'"'"'s propensity for the onset of the epileptic seizure characterized in the first characterizing step;
a second characterizing step after said first characterizing step, comprising characterizing the patient'"'"'s propensity for an onset of a future epileptic seizure; and
communicating to the patient and/or a health care provider a second therapy recommendation, wherein the second therapy recommendation is different than the first therapy recommendation and is selected from the plurality of therapy recommendations based on the patient'"'"'s propensity for the onset of the epileptic seizure characterized in the second characterizing step.
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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 communicates to the patient and/or a health care provider a therapy recommendation. The therapy recommendation is typically a function of the patient'"'"'s propensity for the future epileptic seizure.
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1. A method of preventing an epileptic seizure comprising:
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a first characterizing step, comprising characterizing a patient'"'"'s propensity for an onset of a future epileptic seizure; communicating to the patient and/or a health care provider a first therapy recommendation, wherein the first therapy recommendation is selected from a plurality of therapy recommendations based on the patient'"'"'s propensity for the onset of the epileptic seizure characterized in the first characterizing step; a second characterizing step after said first characterizing step, comprising characterizing the patient'"'"'s propensity for an onset of a future epileptic seizure; and communicating to the patient and/or a health care provider a second therapy recommendation, wherein the second therapy recommendation is different than the first therapy recommendation and is selected from the plurality of therapy recommendations based on the patient'"'"'s propensity for the onset of the epileptic seizure characterized in the second characterizing step. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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