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
...Treatme...
...A...
...s who are seizure-free for at least 2 years, the...
When discussing either ASM withdrawal or continu...
Counseling must include discussion that...
...uld counsel that recurrent seizures put pe...
...nicians must explore contributors to the...
...should discuss with seizure-free patients that...
...icians may discuss that the risk of seizure rec...
...Childre...
...ho are seizure-free for at least 18â...
...hould discuss with children and their families...
...ns should counsel that recurrent seizur...
...ns should explore contributors to quality of li...
...zure-free for at least 18–24 months, if there...
...ldren seizure-free for at least 18–24 months,...
...nicians must take into account the known natural...