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Epilepsy is a common condition throughout the UK. Patients with epilepsy are prone to seizures. A seizure is a burst of electrical activity that happens suddenly and is intense. This can happen in several parts of the brain. Epilepsy can be cause by strokes, Head traumas, brain tumours or simply down to the genes you inherit from your parents. For most people antiepileptic drugs (AED) are recommended. . A new drug called Perampanel has recently been released on the NHS (8th July 2015) following clinical trials showing the drug to effective in treating partial onset seizures. Perampanel works by acting as a non-competitive receptor antagonist targeting AMPA receptors in the central nervous system. This then blocks Glutamate from binding reducing

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