Antiseizure Medication Withdrawal
Publication Date: December 6, 2021
Key Points
Key Points
- Epilepsy is a common disease of the brain and accounts for approximately 1% of the global burden of all disease. In the United States alone, an estimated 70,000–200,000 adults per year will present with a first unprovoked seizure.
- Currently, epilepsy is not considered resolved until a patient is seizure-free for at least 10 years and off antiseizure medications (ASMs) for at least the last 5 years.
Treatment
...atment...
Adult...
...adults who are seizure-free for at least 2 year...
...either ASM withdrawal or continuation with pat...
...must include discussion that there is no...
...uld counsel that recurrent seizures put p...
...nicians must explore contributors to the...
...s should discuss with seizure-free patients th...
Clinicians may discuss that the risk of seizure r...
...ildren
...are seizure-free for at least 18–24 months, who...
...should discuss with children and th...
...d counsel that recurrent seizures put...
...cians should explore contributors to...
...children seizure-free for at least...
...n children seizure-free for at least 1...
...take into account the known natural hi...