• Challenges in epilepsy – the perspective of Norwegian epilepsy patients 

      Henning, Oliver Johannes; Landmark, Cecilie Johannessen; henning, david; Nakken, Karl Otto; Lossius, Morten (Acta Neurologica Scandinavica;Volume 140, Issue 1, July 2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-04-08)
      Objectives: For most people with epilepsy (PWE), problems that are not directly related to seizures may constitute major challenges in everyday life. The purpose of this study was to determine the extent of these challenges ...
    • Clinical experience combined with therapeutic drug monitoringof lacosamide 

      Svendsen, Torleiv; Brodtkorb, Eylert; Baftiu, Arton; Lossius, Morten; Nakken, Karl Otto; Johannessen, Svein Ivar; Landmark, Cecilie Johannessen (Acta Neurologica Scandinavica;Volume 141, Issue 4, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-12-14)
      Objective: Lacosamide (LCM) is an antiepileptic drug (AED) with insufficient clinical experience in patients with intellectual disability (ID). They often have more severe epilepsy with comorbidities. The objective was to ...
    • Effect and tolerability of perampanel in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy 

      Lossius, Ida Marie Bakke; Svendsen, Torleiv; Sødal, Hild Flatmark; Kjeldstadli, Kari Grandaunet; Lossius, Morten Ingvar; Nakken, Karl Otto; Landmark, Cecilie Johannessen (Epilepsy & Behavior;Volume 119, June 2021, 107965, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-04-30)
      Objective: Perampanel is one of the most recently approved antiseizure medications. The aim of the present study was to assess clinical efficacy and tolerability, in combination with pharmacokinetic variability, of perampanel ...
    • Nonadherence to treatment regimens in epilepsy from the patient's perspective and predisposing factors: Differences between intentional and unintentional lack of adherence 

      Henning, Oliver Johannes; Landmark, Cecilie Johannessen; Nakken, Karl Otto; Lossius, Morten (Epilepsia;Volume 61, Issue 2 February 2020, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Nonadherence to recommended antiepileptic drug (AED) treatment regimens can result in seizure relapse with increased health risks. Nonadherence can be unintentional (eg, patients forget to take a dose), or intentional, ...
    • Patient satisfaction with information provided by epilepsy specialist nurses: Results of an online survey 

      Hauge, Nann C; Henning, Oliver Johannes; Nakken, Karl Otto; Bjørge, Heidi (Epilepsy & Behavior;Volume 112, November 2020, 107273, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-08-23)
      The aim of this study was to investigate the perspective of Norwegian patients with epilepsy regarding the information that they have received about epilepsy-related issues and to determine whether there was a difference ...
    • Refractory epilepsy and nonadherence to drug treatment 

      Henning, Oliver Johannes; Lossius, Morten; Lima, Maren Haugen; Mevåg, Morten Andreas; Villagran, Antonia; Nakken, Karl Otto; Landmark, Cecilie Johannessen (Epilepsia Open;Volume 4, Issue 4,December 2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-10-28)
      In patients with epilepsy, nonadherence to agreed antiepileptic drug (AED) treatment may result in seizure relapse, and at worst sudden unexpected death. The aim of this study was to examine the extent of both unintentional ...
    • Sexual function in people with epilepsy: Similarities and differences with the general population 

      Henning, Oliver Johannes; Landmark, Cecilie Johannessen; Træen, Bente; Svendsen, Torleiv; Farmen, Anette Huuse; Nakken, Karl Otto; Lossius, Morten (Epilepsia;Volume 60, Issue 9, September 2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-07-17)
      Objective The potential impact of epilepsy on sexual function is important for patient welfare, but often neglected. This study explored the occurrences of different sexual problems in patients with both well‐controlled ...