PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - M A Sills
AU  - W I Forsythe
AU  - D Haidukewych
AU  - A MacDonald
AU  - M Robinson
TI  - The medium chain triglyceride diet and intractable epilepsy.
AID  - 10.1136/adc.61.12.1168
DP  - 1986 Dec 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood
PG  - 1168--1172
VI  - 61
IP  - 12
4099  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/61/12/1168.short
4100  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/61/12/1168.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child1986 Dec 01; 61
AB  - Fifty children with drug resistant epilepsy were treated with the Medium Chain Triglyceride (MCT) Emulsion diet. Eight achieved complete control of seizures (four without anticonvulsant drugs), and with the addition of anticonvulsants four had seizures reduced in frequency by 90% and 10 by 50-90%. The best results were obtained with astatic myoclonic and absence seizures, but control of seizures was improved in four children with tonic-clonic and three with complex partial seizures. Food given at the same time as MCT helped to reduce side effects, and an extra dose of MCT before bedtime improved control of nocturnal seizures.