Epilepsy breakthrough: naloxone may stop fatal breathing failure after seizures

This study tested whether naloxone, a drug that reverses opioid overdoses, could help people with epilepsy breathe better after a severe seizure. About 485 adults with drug-resistant epilepsy were monitored in the hospital. Those who had a generalized tonic-clonic seizure received either naloxone or a placebo right after the seizure ended. The goal was to see if naloxone could speed up the return of normal oxygen levels, potentially reducing the risk of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP).