Publications by authors named "J Molto-Jorda"

Objective: Evaluate if eslicarbazepine acetate (ESL) in combination with other non-inducer antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) in the treatment of epilepsy may represent a positive impact in the cardiovascular risk profile.

Methods: multicentre, retrospective, observational, non-interventional, real-life study comparing patients treated with cytochrome P450 (CYP) inducer vs. ESL plus non-inducer AEDs.

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  • Some people who take topiramate for migraines can get a strange twitching of the eyelids called "myokymia."
  • In a study with 140 migraine patients, 8 of them (about 6%) showed this eyelid twitch after starting the medicine.
  • When the medicine was stopped, the twitching went away, but it came back when they took topiramate again, so more research is needed to understand why this happens.
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Introduction: Brochures are commonly used as educational tools in daily neurological practice. They are provided to increase the general population's knowledge of a specific disease and also to combat sources of erroneous information. Surveys are the most commonly used method of ascertaining user satisfaction with services received.

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Introduction: Informal caregivers provide care to dementia patients, and this service prolongs their stay at home.

Objectives: To describe characteristics of dementia patients in the province of Alicante, as well as the profiles and roles of caregivers who assist them.

Patients And Methods: Multi-centre prospective study carried out in 4 neurology departments in Alicante (June 2009 to January 2010).

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