Pros and Cons of Taking Preventative Anti-Seizure Medication 

Four months ago, my husband sustained a TBI in a car wreck. He has never had a seizure, but should he be on an anti-seizure medicine to prevent him from having one?
Question answered by Brian D. Greenwald, MD. Dr. Greenwald is currently an assistant professor at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, he is the medical director of Brain Injury Rehabilitation at the Mount Sinai Hospital's Rehabilitation Center in New York City. He is the medical director for Rehabilitation Specialists, a day and residential program for people with brain injury, in Fair Lawn, NJ (www.rehab-specialists.com). He is also a consultant for brain injury program at Park Terrace Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Rego Park, Queens (www.park-terrace.com), and the co-project director for the New York Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems (www.tbicentral.org) (msktc.washingto.... Dr. Greenwald has been serving on the Board of Trustees for the Brain Injury Association of New Jersey since 2002 (www.bianj.org). Dr. Greenwald has published multiple articles in the areas of brain and spinal cord injury rehabilitation. Currently, he is involved in several research studies to improve the care of people with brain injury.
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