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The Questions Every Parent Should Ask Before Enrolling in a Clinical Trial
You've found a trial. The eligibility...to filter out trials. They're the framework...risks of this trial compared to standard...face without the trial. If the trial...trial. If the trial involves a new...involves a new medication, ask what adverse...it's a device trial, ask about failure...invasive are the trial procedures compared...doing? Some trials require only what...
Health > Alternative Medicine
Alternative Medicine for Special Needs: A Parent's Guide to Evidence, Safety, and Decision-Making
...decisions when the information available ranges from rigorous clinical trials to parent testimonials on forums. What the Data Shows About CAM Use. Parents...and implement alternatives without professional guidance, which creates medication interaction risks and eliminates an important safety check. Which Therapies...
Special Needs > Epilepsy
Managing Epilepsy for Optimal Learning in the Classroom
...Classroom. Imagine being a student with epilepsy, facing not only the daily trials of academics and social life but also the unpredictable onset of seizures....bright 12-year-old with epilepsy. Her seizures, although controlled by medication, can still occur during class. Her teacher, Mr. Thompson, has taken the...
News > Research
FDA Issues Complete Response Letter for CTx-1301 ADHD Medication
...CTx-1301, a once-daily ADHD medication designed to eliminate...efficacy based on clinical trial results. The PDUFA target...ingredient in other ADHD medications, delivered through Cingulate's...three cores that release medication at precisely timed intervals...day. Phase 3 clinical trials demonstrated statistically...older and adults. The trials also showed a favorable...
News > Research
FDA Approves First Non-Antipsychotic Drug for Alzheimer's Agitation. What Families Caring for Adults With Down Syndrome Need to Know.
...manage at home. What Changed. Until this approval, the only FDA-approved medication for Alzheimer's agitation was brexpiprazole (Rexulti), an antipsychotic...pathways. The Evidence. The FDA approval was based on four Phase 3 clinical trials involving adults with Alzheimer's disease and agitation. In the ACCORD-2...
Special Needs > Epilepsy
A New Epilepsy Treatment Reports Over 90% Seizure Reduction in Initial Patients
...standard list of options is a familiar and often exhausting one: try another medication, consider surgery, weigh a stimulation device. Each carries its own risks...backdrop matters for understanding why a therapy currently in clinical trial is drawing real attention from the epilepsy research community. Early data...
Research > Clinical Trials
Advancing Care and Treatment for People with Special Needs Through Research
...Special Needs. Research and clinical trials help doctors and scientists learn...causes and risk factors Developing new medications and treatments Creating assistive...Behavior and learning assessments Trials of new treatments or therapies Research...any time. Learn more about clinical trials. How Research Improves Lives. Research...
Research > Clinical Trials
Clinical Trials and Their Impact on Special Needs Populations
...Clinical Trials? Clinical...Clinical trials are research...therapies, or medications to see...Clinical trials often need...clinical trial is voluntary....enrolling in a trial is right...clinical trials. Why Clinical...Clinical Trials Matter...clinical trials. However,...clinical trials is essential...clinical trials is important....Clinical Trials. Several...clinical trials: Lack...clinical trials are an...option Trials often have...
Special Needs > General Special Needs
The Role of Medication in Treating Special Needs Children
Medications and nutritional supplements...children and adults. Medications are one component...before and during a medication trial. Target symptoms...during a medication trial. Target symptoms...sleep disturbance. Medications must be used in combination...reduced without medications. If a target behavior...be changed. Every medication has side effects,...
Special Needs > Attention Deficit Disorders
New Treatment Guidelines for ADHD
...guidelines recommend medication treatment for children...such early use of medication "will further the...prescription of medication to young children."...side effects of the medications, such as loss of...also recommend a trial of behavioral interventions...by treatment with medication if the behavioral...easily available and medication is. Read more here....
Research > Drug Development
Muscular Dystrophy Drug Success
...American Heart Association journal, Circulation . Success in future clinical trials could mean that patients may never need wheelchairs and could live longer...Pittsburgh, PA. The 24-year-old lives with DMD and has been taking these medications for over five years. “I’ve been ahead of the curve,” he said. “I walk longer...
Lifestyle > Self-Care
Micro Self-Care: One-Minute Practices for Overwhelmed Caregivers
You don't have time for self-care. That's not judgment, that's reality. Between medication schedules, therapy appointments, IEP meetings, and the daily logistics of raising a child with special needs, the advice to "take an hour for yourself"...