Emerging Trends in Drug-Induced Seizures: A Pilot Study

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

• Fatameh Sadat Aghili Mehrizi ¹
• Hamid Owliaey ²
• Hamidreza Ghasemirad ³
• Foroozan Faress ⁴
• Razieh Asghari ⁵
• Shadi Talebi ¹
• Rozhina Shabani Anaraki ¹
• Marjan Shariatpanahi ⁶
• Amirali Soheili ⁷
• SeyedMahdi Marashi ⁸
• Mohammad Amin Tofighi Zavareh ⁹
• Aydin Feizi ¹⁰

¹ Department of Medical Sciences, Yazd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yazd, Iran

² Department of Forensic Medicine & Clinical Toxicology, Yazd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yazd, Iran

³ Student Research Committee, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

⁴ Department of Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

⁵ Emergency medicine resident; Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

⁶ Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, Iran University of Medical Sciences.

⁷ Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

⁸ Department of Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

⁹ Student Research Committee, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

¹⁰ Students Research Committee, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Keywords

• Benzodiazepine
• Drug-Induced Seizures
• Methadone
• Tramadol

Acknowledgments: The present study was extracted from the doctoral dissertation of the first author in the field of psychology and was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Islamic Azad University of Shahrood with the ethics code IR.IAU.NEYSHABUR.REC.1399.004. The authors would like to express their great appreciation to the respected director of the Afarinesh Psychology Center in Neyshabur and all the participants who sincerely helped the researchers.

Availability of data and materials: Not applicable.

Conflicts of interest : The authors of the article declared no conflict of interest.

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Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study is based on a research project approved by Ethics Committee of Islamic Azad University of Shahrood with the code of ethics IR.IAU.NEYSHABUR.REC.1399.004. All procedures performed in this study were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants.

Financial Disclosure: Not applicable

Author contributions: FS. AM, H.O, and H. Gh: Study design, data analysis, and drafting. F.F, R. A, and S. T: Study design, and critical reviewing. R. Sh. and M. Sh: Study design, critical reviewing. A.S. and SM.M, MA.TZ, A.F: Study design, Data acquisition, data analysis, and drafting the manuscript.

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