Seizures

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Treatment

The medications used to treat patients with epilepsy are called anticonvulsants. Many of these drugs are available and each has a different mechanism of action, but all serve to reduce the frequency of epileptic seizures These medications can be given for long periods of time.


Treatment options are evaluated initially based on seizure subtype, as certain anticonvulsants may be indicated for treating some forms of epilepsy and contraindicated for others. When making decisions a...Read the full article