Seizure rescue therapies are medications or treatments used as needed, to stop seizures quickly and prevent emergencies. Rescue therapies do not take the place of daily seizure medication.

Rescue Medications are NOT used as a daily seizure medicine or in place of daily seizure medicines. Time to Talk about Seizures and Rescue Therapies is an educational initiative to …

Jun 18, 2025 · Rescue Medications Explained Dr. John Stern, Professor of Neurology and Director of the Clinical Epilepsy Program at UCLA's Geffen School of Medicine, answers your …

Practical questions relevant to pediatric epilepsy syndromes, epilepsy management, and treatment of seizure clusters were distilled from the literature by the authors and discussed …

The National Coordinating Center for Epilepsy developed the Strengthen & Enhance Epilepsy Knowledge Training as a resource to help build capacity and start conversations amongst …

Seizure rescue therapies given outside the hospital are valuable for treating acute repetitive seizures (ARS) (also called “seizure clusters”) and are frequently used to interrupt prolonged …

Feb 16, 2020 · Emergency medications to treat prolonged or repeated seizures belong to a group of drugs called ‘benzodiazepines’. Benzodiazepines are used to treat or prevent status …

Apr 16, 2025 · In addition to maintenance medications, some people require "as-needed" or rescue medications to manage breakthrough or cluster seizures. According to the Epilepsy …

Apr 6, 2022 · Rescue medication works best when taken only as needed, during a seizure event. In this way, rescue therapy can stop seizures and keep a seizure emergency from happening. …

Jan 28, 2025 · Typically, seizure rescue medications are instructed to be administered after five-minutes of continuous seizure activity, or clusters of seizures. Application of rectal medications …