This hub covers drug-resistant epilepsy: When seizures aren’t controlled after trying two appropriate medicines. Research-backed next steps on diet therapies, devices, surgery evaluation, and safety.
If seizures aren’t controlled after two meds, it’s worth at least an evaluation at an epilepsy center.
Not necessarily. Some familiar consider it earlier depending on seizure type and goals.
Yes. Treatment response can change over time, and combinations/approaches matter.
Seizure frequency, triggers, sleep, missed meds, side effects, and rescue med use.
Researchers studied two methods of placing electrodes in the brain for patients with drug-resistant epilepsy: robot-assisted stereoelectroencephalography (sEEG) and frame-based sEEG.
Researchers studied Dravet syndrome (DS), a severe form of epilepsy that begins in infancy and is often resistant to treatment.
Researchers studied the effects of ketogenic diets (KDs) on people with various health conditions, including epilepsy.
This study looked at the long-term effects of infantile epileptic spasms syndrome (IESS) in children in Korea.
This study looked at children under 12 years old who have epilepsy that does not respond to medication, specifically those with malformations of cortical development (MCD).
Researchers studied different ways to detect and predict generalized tonic-clonic seizures (GTCS), which are severe types of seizures that can lead to serious health risks.
Researchers studied children with severe epilepsy who underwent a procedure called hemispherectomy, where one side of the brain is removed or disconnected to control seizures.
Researchers studied the use of right vagal nerve stimulation (R-VNS) as a treatment for epilepsy, focusing on patients who had not responded well to other therapies.
This study focused on the effects of brain surgery for people with epilepsy caused by a condition called polymicrogyria (PMG).