Treatment of status epilepticus usually requires intravenous anticonvulsant therapy. Lacosamide is a novel anticonvulsant drug that is available as infusion solution. We describe a patient with nonconvulsive status epilepticus who was successfully treated with intravenous lacosamide.

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