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
...reatment
...dults...
...adults who are seizure-free for at l...
...ssing either ASM withdrawal or continuation wi...
...g must include discussion that there is not st...
...cians should counsel that recurrent seizure...
...nicians must explore contributors to the qualit...
...should discuss with seizure-free patients that it...
...inicians may discuss that the risk of...
...ildren...
...who are seizure-free for at least 18–24 mon...
Clinicians should discuss with children and th...
...cians should counsel that recurrent seizures pu...
...cians should explore contributors to quality of li...
In children seizure-free for at least 18â...
...ldren seizure-free for at least 18â...
...icians must take into account the known natu...