Challenges in the Treatment of Epilepsy
Epilepsy is one of the most important diseases of nervous system that involves 0.5-1% of the population. In spite of new developments in antiepileptic drugs, between 20-30% of epileptic patients can not be controlled and even those who are controlled with antiepileptic drugs suffer from their advers...
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| description | Epilepsy is one of the most important diseases of nervous system that involves 0.5-1% of the population. In spite of new developments in antiepileptic drugs, between 20-30% of epileptic patients can not be controlled and even those who are controlled with antiepileptic drugs suffer from their adverse events. Epileptic patients have different challenges in relation to the disease and its medications. This article has reviewed these challenges. The most common challenges are misdiagnosis of epilepsy or type of epilepsy resulting in wrong drug administration, noncompliance with antiepileptic drugs, adverse effects of antiepileptic drugs, drug resistance, non-pharmacological interventions and their limitations, photosensitivity, epilepsy problems in children and the elderly, pregnancy and epilepsy, driving and epilepsy and finally sudden death in epileptic patients. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-219e0d2085054112ae561cd096154eed2023-07-01T05:28:35ZengKerman University of Medical SciencesJournal of Kerman University of Medical Sciences2008-28432012-02-0119221222416538Challenges in the Treatment of EpilepsyH.A Ebrahimi0Professor of Neurology, Neurology Research Center, Afzalipour School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, IranEpilepsy is one of the most important diseases of nervous system that involves 0.5-1% of the population. In spite of new developments in antiepileptic drugs, between 20-30% of epileptic patients can not be controlled and even those who are controlled with antiepileptic drugs suffer from their adverse events. Epileptic patients have different challenges in relation to the disease and its medications. This article has reviewed these challenges. The most common challenges are misdiagnosis of epilepsy or type of epilepsy resulting in wrong drug administration, noncompliance with antiepileptic drugs, adverse effects of antiepileptic drugs, drug resistance, non-pharmacological interventions and their limitations, photosensitivity, epilepsy problems in children and the elderly, pregnancy and epilepsy, driving and epilepsy and finally sudden death in epileptic patients.https://jkmu.kmu.ac.ir/article_16538_d80f6393a8b2811cd6b6ac53499f5c02.pdfepilepsyanticonvulsantsdrug resistanceadverse effects |
| spellingShingle | H.A Ebrahimi Challenges in the Treatment of Epilepsy Journal of Kerman University of Medical Sciences epilepsy anticonvulsants drug resistance adverse effects |
| title | Challenges in the Treatment of Epilepsy |
| title_full | Challenges in the Treatment of Epilepsy |
| title_fullStr | Challenges in the Treatment of Epilepsy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Challenges in the Treatment of Epilepsy |
| title_short | Challenges in the Treatment of Epilepsy |
| title_sort | challenges in the treatment of epilepsy |
| topic | epilepsy anticonvulsants drug resistance adverse effects |
| url | https://jkmu.kmu.ac.ir/article_16538_d80f6393a8b2811cd6b6ac53499f5c02.pdf |
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