How to treat epilepsy

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Not long after my child was born, I was diagnosed with epilepsy. When I had seizures, I had cramps in my hands and feet and cried all the time. Through treatment, it's much better now. Here I'd like to share my experience on how to treat epilepsy.

How to treat epilepsy

Drug 1: at present, the most commonly used drugs include traditional antiepileptic drugs such as carbamazepine, sodium valproate, and new antiepileptic drugs such as lamotrigine, topiramate, and oxcarbamate. These antiepileptic drugs are safer than phenytoin sodium, phenobarbital and other old drugs with less side effects, and are ideal choices for patients with epilepsy.

Drug 2: epilepsy drug treatment advocates single drug treatment, let the doctor according to the patient's condition and examination results to suit the medicine, see the specific condition of patients with epilepsy suitable for what kind of drug, what kind of drug treatment effect of epilepsy patients can achieve the best.

Drug 3: starting from a small dose, if a single drug is ineffective, we can consider adding or changing another antiepileptic drug. We must not mix a variety of antiepileptic drugs together, which may lead to drug resistance of epilepsy and increase the occurrence of side effects. If it is really believed that one drug is ineffective or has excessive side effects on the patient, it should be replaced gradually when another drug is needed.

matters needing attention

When suffering from epilepsy, in addition to active drug treatment, patients should pay more attention in peacetime, so as not to cause seizures. If the number of seizures is too much, it will cause a very serious impact on patients. If the number of seizures is too much, it will cause death.