By Deron Hamel Jennifer Young says parents should be aware of the symptoms of Electrical Status Epilepticus during Sleep (ESES) epilepsy, a condition that appears in childhood and does not present itself through seizures but rather as learning difficulties and behavioural changes. Jennifer’s son was diagnosed with ESES when he was seven years old and…
By Deron Hamel TORONTO – Anyone who has taken the anti-seizure medication Primidone to control their epilepsy in the past three years should speak to their pharmacist to determine if their prescription has been affected by a recent recall, says Epilepsy Ontario board member Rahim Ismail. On April 6 manufacturer AA Pharma Inc. voluntarily recalled…
With no epilepsy support centre in town, Leslie Moutsatsos and Jenny Lamothe want to build support for Epilepsy Awareness Month By Deron Hamel March is Epilepsy Awareness Month, and with no epilepsy support centre in Greater Sudbury, Leslie Moutsatsos and Jenny Lamothe have taken it upon themselves to create a campaign to raise awareness of…
By Deron Hamel Monika and Adam, a couple from Toronto, say they were “shocked” to learn in January that the new Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) drug program OHIP+ will not cover the cost of their four-year-old daughter Ava’s anti-seizure medication. OHIP+, which came into effect Jan. 1, is providing more than 4,400 drug products…
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