Drugs for epilepsy in children

summary

I suddenly convulsed, and white bubbles came from my mouth. Later sent to the hospital, the doctor said it was epilepsy, after treatment is now much better, I put the treatment of children epilepsy drugs sorted out, for your reference.

Drugs for epilepsy in children

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

About 25% of female patients, the first seizure in menarche, about 60% of patients diagnosed with epilepsy before menarche, in menarche seizure frequency will increase, symptoms will aggravate. Therefore, it is suggested to increase the dosage for adolescent patients without stable seizure control, and postpone the drug withdrawal even if they are completely controlled for 3 years or more.