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Suggest Treatment For Seizures

Posted on Mon, 16 May 2016

Question: What are the best medications to treat seizures you are in the internal medicine field I do realize that however I'm pretty sure that you have dealt with seizures in the past in the emergency room or on a medicine floor what have you experienced was the best medicines to treat them?

Answered by Dr. Ram Choudhary (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
best antiepileptics need to be selectivrly chosen

Detailed Answer:
Dear Chewy....
Welcome to HealthcareMagic.
I have seen and treated lots of patients of epilepsy in my carrier.
There are good antiepileptic drugs in today's medicine.
Their efficacy depend on type of epilepsy like grand mal or petitmal or myoclonic. They have to be appropriately selected based on nature of disease.
All time tested drug for epilepsy are Valproate, Oxcarbazepine, Phenytoin and Levetiracetam to name a few.
I hope the advise will be helpful for you.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad

Follow up: Dr. Ram Choudhary (34 minutes later)

I have more of both however grad Mal more then myoclonic

Answered by Dr. Ram Choudhary (21 hours later)

Brief Answer:
neurologist review advisable

Detailed Answer:
Hi...
Welcome back.
I think you need to get assessed by a local neurologist. It is unusual to have grand mal and myoclonus together.
Let the neurologist judge.
If really both then Valproate makes good choice. But you have to get checked if you are otherwise fit for this drug.
I hope the advise will be helpful for you.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar