What are the treatments available for epilepsy?
Both medical and surgical treatments are available for epilepsy. Initially antiepileptic drugs are given to control epilepsy. The goal of the drug treatment is to make the epileptic person to lead a normal lifestyle without epilepsy related restrictions. About 75% of the persons respond to drug therapy. The various drugs available for treating epilepsy are Valproic acid, phenytoin sodium, carbamazepine clonazepam, lamotrigine, topiramate, gabapentin, vigabatrin,tiagabine etc., 20% of the patients continue to have seizures even with antiepileptic drugs. Many of these patients may be benefited by surgical procedures like corpus callosotomy, anterior temporal lobectomy with amygdalohippocampectomy, vagal nerve stimulation etc.
