Medication has long been the cornerstone of treatment for people with epilepsy, but it doesn't stop seizures for everyone and may come with significant side effects. New options in use or under ...

Many people have experienced side effects when stopping ASMs. Hear from the epilepsy community and gain tips to help you through medication changes.

Focal treatment-resistant epilepsy improves over time, but seizure reduction appears to be unrelated to specific medications ...

For 70% of patients with epilepsy, drugs can control seizures. However, they can't cure epilepsy, and most people will need to continue taking medications. An accurate diagnosis of the type of ...

The new study, part of the international Human Epilepsy Project, tracked nearly 150 adults who were deemed ...

Epilepsy is a disorder of the brain that affects the nervous system. Epilepsy causes abnormal electrical activity in the brain, which leads to seizures. There are many types of seizure medication, all ...

Longitudinal data suggested that treatment-resistant focal epilepsy may improve over time. Focal treatment-resistant epilepsy ...

About one-third of patients with focal epilepsy, a common form of the neurological disorder, are believed to respond poorly ...

About one-third of patients with focal epilepsy, a common form of the neurological disorder, are believed to respond poorly ...

A class of drugs already used to treat high blood pressure has an added bonus, according to a new study: lowering epilepsy risk by up to 30%. Further research is needed, but the findings suggest there ...

While older drugs for epilepsy, taken while pregnant, have been shown in previous research to affect the creative thinking of children, a new study finds no effects on creativity for children born to ...