Amphetamine-Associated Seizures

Abstract

Neurologists at the Royal Perth Hospital, Western Australia, studied 44 adolescents and young adults who presented with first seizures occurring within 24 h of illicit use of amphetamine or related analogs (amphetamine-associated seizures, AAS) and identified over 8 years.

Keywords

• amphetamine-associated seizures
• methylphenidate
• substance use disorders