Scientists Cure Autism Symptoms Using $3 Epilepsy Drug

According to a study, scientists can cure autism symptoms using Lamotrigine, a drug that is used to treat epilepsy and calm the mood in people with bipolar disorder and costs $3.

A $3 per pill epilepsy medication may be used to "turn off" the signs of autism in mice, according to researchers' ground-breaking new research, which was just published in the peer-reviewed journal Molecular Psychiatry (pdf below).

A complicated developmental condition known as autism spectrum disorder affects how one in 44 children and an estimated 5.4 million (2.2%) individuals in the US see and interact with others. According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, disorders like epilepsy or hyperactivity are frequently present alongside it.

Lamotrigine, an anti-seizure drug initially approved for use in the US in 1994, was discovered by a team of specialists at Germany's Hector Institute for Translational Brain Research to be effective in reducing behavioural and social ...

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