Intravenous lacosamide as successful treatment for nonconvulsive status epilepticus after failure of first-line therapy

Treatment of status epilepticus usually requires intravenous anticonvulsant therapy. Lacosamide is a novel anticonvulsant drug that is available as infusion solution. We describe a patient with nonconvulsive status epilepticus who was successfully treated with intravenous lacosamide.