Drugs Most Effective in the Control of Epilepsy

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The goal of anticonvulsant therapy is threefold: freedom from seizures, freedom from medication, and freedom from the doctor. Good control of seizures can be achieved in 85 to 90 per cent of cases of epilepsy with the armamentarium available at present, but there is a need for new agents with a broader spectrum to help those patients whose seizures are unaffected. The principal drugs used today are barbiturates, hydantoinates, oxazolidines, succinimides and pyrimidines, but the field of anticonvulsant therapy is expanding rapidly and new preparations are in the investigational stage. There are special indications and contraindications for the various drugs in the various type of seizures

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