Chronic bromide usage results in a number of neuropsychiatric changes, including the sedative and anticonvulsant effects found with acute dosage. It is used in the medical profession to purify various steroids used in the treatment of illnesses and the decrease of pain. Lithium bromide is often used as a desiccant in air conditioning systems and […]
Use in monotherapy can be particularly interesting in patients that have a contraindication for the treatment with first line ASM (e.g., phenobarbital in case of hepatic disease; structural epilepsy in case of imepitoin). Since its introduction by Schwartz-Porsche and Jürgens (26) that bromide continued to have an important role in the treatment of epileptic dogs, […]