What is the best medicine for treating epilepsy

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When I had epilepsy, I had convulsions all over my body and stomach spasms. I didn't have a clear consciousness within 5-10 minutes after the onset. My family was very worried, and my friends didn't dare to contact me. Fortunately, the hospital's meticulous treatment is much better now. Here I'd like to share with you the best medicine for treating epilepsy, hoping to help more people.

What is the best medicine for treating epilepsy

Drug 1: phenytoin sodium: it is effective for generalized tonic clonic seizures and partial seizures, but it can aggravate absence and myoclonic seizures. Gastrointestinal absorption is slow, metabolic enzymes can be saturated, after saturation, increase a small dose is the most toxic dose, children are not easy to find toxic and side effects, so infants and children should not take, adults should be careful when dosage. Usually, adults can take it once a day and children can take it twice a day.

Drug 2: carbamazepine: it is the first choice for partial seizures. It is better than other antiepileptic drugs in the treatment of complex fractional seizures. It also has better effect on secondary generalized tonic clonic seizures, but it can aggravate absence and myoclonic seizures. Due to the self induction of liver enzymes, the clearance rate was low at the beginning of treatment, and gradually increased to the therapeutic dose one week later. After 3-4 weeks of treatment, the same effect can be maintained only by increasing the dose.

Drug 3: valproic acid: a broad-spectrum antiepileptic drug, is the first choice for generalized seizures, especially generalized tonic clonic seizures combined with typical absence seizures, also used for partial seizures. Gastrointestinal absorption is fast. Phenobarbital: it is often used as the first choice drug for children with epilepsy. It has a broad spectrum and quick onset. It has good curative effect on generalized tonic clonic seizures. It is also used for simple and complex partial seizures and has preventive effect on febrile convulsions. It can be used for acute brain damage with epilepsy or status epilepticus.

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The best time to conceive is that the epilepsy has been controlled, and there is no seizure or few seizures in 2-5 years. We should consider to stop the drug and then conceive. For those who still need to take medicine, low-dose single drug can be used to avoid the use of high teratogenic drugs. It is better to take or use controlled-release tablets three to four times a day to avoid high blood concentration.