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LONDON (AP) - New research promises people with epilepsy a more effective — and more dignified — method of stopping prolonged convulsions so that they don't have to just ride it out or be taken to a hospital emergency room.
In the largest study to date comparing treatments, scientists found that a new method — infusing a tranquilizer into the mouth between the gums and cheek — worked twice as well as the traditional method of squirting the medicine into the rectum.
Experts said the findings, published this week in The Lancet medical journal, represent an important step forward in the care of people with epilepsy.
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