Epilepsy Treatment Complacency in Patients, Caregivers, and Health Care Professionals
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- Received October 13, 2020
- Accepted January 27, 2021
- First Published March 9, 2021.
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Author Disclosures
- Patricia E. Penovich, MD*,
- John M. Stern, MD*,
- Danielle A. Becker, MD,
- Lucretia Long, APRN-CNP,
- Nancy Santilli, PNP, MN,
- Lynanne McGuire, PhD and
- Eugenia Y. Peck, PhD
- Patricia E. Penovich, MD*,
Commercial: GW Pharma Commercial: UCB Pharmaceutical Company Commercial: SK Life Sciences Commercial: Neurelis Commercial: Engage Therapeuetics
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Please note this is the same as Speaker's Bureau below: Commercial: GW Pharma Commercial: SK Life Science UCB Pharmaceuticals: Commercial:
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Commercial: GW Pharmaceuticals Commercial: SK Life Sciences Commercial: UCB Pharma Commercial: Eisai
Professional Advisory Board: Epilepsy Foundation of America Professional Advisory Board: Epilepsy Foundation Minnesota
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NIH: Monead Study - study budget funds went to my employer, I received no personal compensation for the work Epilepsy Consortium - Study Funds went to my employer for stduy expenses
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1. Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance - funds went to my employer for study budget expenses
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- John M. Stern, MD*,
UCB, SK Life Sciences, Neurelis, Eisai,
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MedScape
MedLink Neurology, Assoc. Editor, 2008-2018 International Journal of Epilepsy, Ed Board, 2013-2018
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Atlas of EEG Patterns 2nd ed, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2013 Atlas of Video-EEG Monitoring, McGraw-Hill, 2011 Medication Resistant Epilepsy, 2020
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UCB, Sunovion, Eisai, Lundbeck, Neurelis, Greenwich, SK Life Sciences
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Clinical epilepsy, UCLA, 50% of effort
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Leff Family Foundation
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- Danielle A. Becker, MD,
(1) SK life Science advisory board (2) Neurelis advisory board (3) Supernus advisory board
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(1) SK life Science advisory board (2) Neurelis advisory board (3) Supernus advisory board
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- Lucretia Long, APRN-CNP,
SK Life pharmaceutical Novartis Pharmaceutical Eisai Pharmaceutical Neurelis Incorporated
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Liva Nova
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- Nancy Santilli, PNP, MN,
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1. SK Life Sciences 2. Neurelis Pharmaceuticals
SK Life Sciences
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- Lynanne McGuire, PhD and
I am an employee of MedVal Scientific Information Services, which was contracted by SK Life Science, Inc for medical writing services.
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- Eugenia Y. Peck, PhD
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Kantar, inc. VP Research, 12 years
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- Minnesota Epilepsy Group (PEP), Saint Paul; Department of Neurology (JMS), University of California at Los Angeles; Penn Epilepsy Center (DAB), Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Department of Neurology (LL), The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus; Human Care Systems Inc. (NS), San Francisco, CA; MedVal Scientific Information Services (LM), Princeton, NJ; and Health Division (EYP), Kantar Health, New York, NY.
- Correspondence
Dr. Penovich ppenovich{at}mnepilepsy.net
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