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Treatment effects and comorbid diseases in 58 patients with visual snow

7/21/2021

 
Results From 2007 to 2018, 58 patients were diagnosed with visual snow. Comorbid migraine was present in 51.7% of patients, lifetime depression in 41.4%, and lifetime anxiety in 44.8%. Lamotrigine was prescribed most frequently (26/58) and resulted in partial remission of symptoms in 5/26 (19.2%). No patients reported complete remission. Adverse events occurred in 13/26 (50.0%) patients. None of the other prescribed drugs (valproate [n = 7], topiramate [n = 4], acetazolamide [n = 2], flunarizine [n = 1]) led to improvement except for topiramate in one patient, who discontinued, however, because of adverse events.

Conclusions Of medication prescribed (lamotrigine, valproate, acetazolamide, flunarizine), only lamotrigine afforded some improvement in a small minority of patients. Migraine, depression, anxiety, and tinnitus were common comorbid diseases.

n.neurology.org/content/93/4/e398

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  • WHAT IS VISUAL SNOW SYNDROME
    • What is Visual Snow Syndrome >
      • Visual Snow Syndrome Overview
    • Visual Snow Resources
    • Symptoms >
      • Blue Field Entoptic Phenomenon
      • Brain Fog
      • Eye Floaters
      • Glare
      • Nyctalopia
      • Oscillopsia
      • Palinopsia
      • Paresthesia
      • Phosphenes
      • Photophobia
      • Silent Migraine
      • Tinnitus
      • Vertigo
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