Clinical Study Evaluating Safety of Pentoxifylline and Celecoxib in Patients With Grand-Mal Epilepsy Treated by Phenytoin Monotherapy

Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disorder affecting millions of people all over the world. Epileptic seizures are caused by abnormal synchronized electrical neuronal discharges that could be either focal or widespread. Pathogenesis of epilepsy involves multiple processes including genetics, oxidative stress, ion channels, neuroinflammation, and cellular damage through autophagy and apoptosis.

Neuroinflammation is considered one of the most important factors contributing critically to epileptogenesis.