What’s Your Plan? Seizure Clusters and Rescue Medications

For those who are prone to seizure clusters, rescue medications are a vital part of their Seizure Action Plan. Unfortunately, until very recently, the only option was a rectal gel. Now two new nasally administered rescue medications are on the market and may positively affect individuals’ Seizure Action Plans. But before a plan can be developed, patients need a diagnosis. The path from a person’s first seizure to diagnosis to Seizure Action Plan can be a long and challenging one, as epilepsy can develop seemingly out of nowhere and seizures manifest with a broad range of symptoms. On this episode, epilepsy advocate and one of the founding CURE Epilepsy mothers, Debbie Flader, details her daughter’s frustrating journey to diagnosis, provides insight on creating a seizure action plan, and explains how new rescue drugs may improve the lives of epilepsy patients and caregivers. For more information about epilepsy and what CURE Epilepsy is doing to find a cure, please visit: https://www.cureepilepsy.org/