Epilepsy Drug may Help those with Multiple Sclerosis

Phenytoin, a drug used for epilepsy patients may also help those with m.s. Researchers studied 80 people with optic neuritis a common ms complication where the vision is darkened and clouded in one eye. People who took the epilepsy drug had a 30 percent less damage to the nerve compared to those that took the placebo. Researchers hope this drug can be applied to other areas where ms attacks like the spinal cord. In other health news, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent a warning letter to the kind bar company, stating that four of their granola bars aren't as healthy as they claim. The FDA suggests kind adjust their product labeling to be considered a healthy snack by the FDA, the product must contain no more than three grams of total fat or one gram of saturated fat per serving. One kind bar variety has 5 grams of total fat. Kind is working with the FDA to comply with these requests.