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Long-Term Study with Gabapentin in Patients with Drug-Resistant Epileptic Seizures Arch Neurol 51:1047-1050, Sivenius,J.,et al, 1994 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract Seven patients received gabapentin therapy for more than 4 years.The median follow-up time was 54 months.There was a significant reduction in seizure frequency throughout the follow-up period.Five of seven patients had a greater than 50%seizure frequency reduction at 4 years,representing 20%of the 25 patients who entered the study.Gabapentin possesses good efficacy in long-term treatment of patients with partial and secondarily generalized epileptic seizures.It is safe to use,and it is fairly well tolerated even in long-term treatment.

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