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Epilepsy: Epilepsy Foundation
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According to the Epilepsy Foundation, there are approximately 2.7 million adults with epilepsy in the United States, making it the third most common neurological disorder in adults after Alzheimer's disease and stroke. Epilepsy is a neurological condition affecting the nervous system that produces seizures -- which are sudden surges of electrical activity in the brain that usually affect how a person feels or acts. Some seizures can hardly be noticed, while others are totally disabling. The seizures in epilepsy may be related to a brain injury or genetic tendency, but most of the time the cause is unknown.
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Epilepsy staff from the various foundations will take participants to the State Capitol where meetings have already been scheduled with senators and representatives who are waiting to receive input on epilepsy related issues including House Bill 99 and Senate Bill 114. These bills simply require the pharmacist to notify the patient and the physician if the drug dispensed is different in any way than the drug prescribed.
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According to the Epilepsy Foundation of America, the following symptoms may indicate someone has epilepsy and a medical exam is advised if one or more of these symptoms are present. The symptoms include:
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