Via practica 2/2009

Actual treatment options in epilepsy

Epilepsy has been stated as the recurrence of unprovoked epileptic seizures. It belongs into the most frequent serious neurological conditions in adulthood, affecting approximately 1% of population and almost 5% survives an epileptic seizure in lifetime. Diagnostic and treatment tasks are wide, for the general practitioners authors provide treatment strategy overview including newer antiepileptics and possibilities for epileptosurgery of pharmacoresistant epilepsy.

Keywords: epilepsy, treatment strategy, antiepileptic drugs, epilepsy surgery