A new study from St. James's Hospital is seeking to learn more about the experience and opinion of patients with epilepsy regarding Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM).
TDM is defined as “the measurement and the clinical use of drug levels in body fluids (usually serum or plasma) to adjust each patient’s individual drug dosage and to schedule each patient’s individual therapeutic requirement.”
This week is Charity Trustees Week and is a week in which the work & dedication of voluntary boards of Charities across Ireland is acknowledged and recognised.
With the General Election confirmed for November 29th, Epilepsy Ireland are using the opportunity to highlight our key advocacy priorities with leading candidates.
We are highlighting five key issues with candidates, which were highlighted to us as being the most pressing by people with epilepsy and their families as part of our recent advocacy survey. The key issues are as follows:
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November 4th – 11th marks #MedSafetyWeek – an annual global campaign which aims to highlight the importance of reporting suspected side effects and safety issues resulting from a person’s medication.
With several successes in recent years, we have announced our new Advocacy Priorities.
Our new campaign on reducing epilepsy-related deaths and SUDEP was raised in the Seanad on SUDEP Action Day. Learn more about this new campaign.
The Petermarkathon 2024 was incredible - and while funds raised are being tallied, we'd like to say a huge THANK YOU to Peter Mark!
We were delighted to see Rebecca Reid receive a community award recognising her support for Epilepsy Ireland!
This week is the 2024 Petermarkathon and we are delighted to have Peter Mark salon’s across the country supporting our journey towards a society where no person’s life is limited by epilepsy.
During this week, the 69 Peter Mark salons around the country are running fundraising events to help continue the services provided by our Community Resource Officers – a service which responds to circa 20,000 contacts every year.