Table 10 |
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Rates of adverse effects regardless of the severity and the rate of severe adverse effects for treatments perceived to be most effective. |
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Number of Adverse Effects |
Number of Severe Adverse Effects |
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Treatment |
One |
Two |
Three |
One |
Two |
Three |
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Valproic Acid |
48% |
25% |
11% |
15% |
4% |
5% |
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Lamotrigine |
34% |
19% |
12% |
16% |
3% |
1% |
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Levetiracetam |
43% |
19% |
10% |
16% |
2% |
3% |
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Ethosuximide |
26% |
7% |
7% |
7% |
0% |
4% |
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Ketogenic Diet |
27% |
13% |
4% |
8% |
0% |
2% |
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Atkin's Diet/Modified Atkin's Diet |
15% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
|
|
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Gluten-free Casein-free Diet |
6% |
2% |
1% |
3% |
1% |
0% |
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Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy |
10% |
6% |
4% |
6% |
0% |
2% |
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Frye et al. BMC Pediatrics 2011 11:37 doi:10.1186/1471-2431-11-37 |
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