What medicine do you take to treat epilepsy?

80% of epilepsy is treated by drugs, and the commonly used drugs for epilepsy are: the first generation, the old antiepileptic drugs are bromine, phenytoin sodium, phenobarbital, carbamazepine, sodium valproate, valproamide, butylbenzene ketone and so on. The second generation introduced domestic drugs in 1990s: topiramate, lamotrigine, oxcarbazepine, levetiracetam, gabapentin and pregabalin. The third generation, the latest antiepileptic drugs, such as Laxamide and Bilumbanai. There are also some drugs that have not been introduced in China: cannabinoid extract, amino acids, and escitalopram. It is suggested that it is best to treat under the guidance of a doctor. At present, there are many drugs that can treat epileptic diseases, such as carbamazepine, sodium valproate, lamotrigine or oxcarbazide, which can control the symptoms of epileptic diseases well, but the adaptation symptoms and therapeutic effects of each drug are different. Patients must choose the most suitable drugs to treat diseases under the guidance of professional doctors.

Once suffering from epilepsy, a disease that is particularly harmful to human body, patients will feel very painful. At present, the most ideal treatment for epilepsy is oral antiepileptic drugs. Most epileptic patients can control their epileptic symptoms well if they receive scientific antiepileptic drugs. Therefore, what medicine is used to treat epilepsy has become one of the most concerned issues for epilepsy patients. Then the next small series will explain to readers what medicine epilepsy can take.

At present, commonly used drugs to control epilepsy can be divided into two categories, one is traditional antiepileptic drugs, and the other is new antiepileptic drugs. Carbamazepine and sodium valproate are the most commonly used traditional antiepileptic drugs, while lamotrigine, topiramate and oxcarbazepine are the most commonly used new antiepileptic drugs. Compared with traditional antiepileptic drugs such as phenytoin sodium, these new antiepileptic drugs are safer and have less side effects on patients' health, so most epileptic patients are more willing to accept these drugs.

In medicine, it is usually advocated to treat epilepsy with a single drug first, and try to achieve the best therapeutic effect with the smallest dose. If one drug treatment can't produce good results, then you can consider changing another drug or adding another drug treatment.

There are many drugs to treat epilepsy in the market, but so far more than 30 types of epilepsy have been found, and the treatment and prognosis of each type of epilepsy are different. At present, no antiepileptic drug can be applied to all types of epilepsy. Epilepsy patients can only know which drug is most suitable for them after systematic examination in regular hospitals, so as to prescribe the right medicine.

The above is the explanation of what medicine can be taken to treat epilepsy, hoping to provide some reference for readers and friends. Epilepsy patients must consult professional doctors when choosing drugs to treat diseases, choose the most suitable antiepileptic drugs according to their own conditions, and use them correctly according to the doctor's advice.