Objective: Epilepsy is the second most common chronic neurological condition seen by neurologists. It is estimated that there are 55, 00,000 persons with epilepsy in India. So, the present study aims at getting an insight into the type of epileptic seizures prevalent in a tertiary referral teaching Hospital in eastern India, to describe the drug utilization pattern of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs)...

Introduction Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) is the most common idiopathic generalized epileptic syndrome, mostly initiated before adolescence. It is usually preceded by myoclonic jerks (sudden brief involuntary muscle spasm) in the second decade of life. JME may be presented with different types of seizure activity. Simple bilateral myoclonic seizure is the most seen clinical presentation of...

Introduction, Epilepsy: basic mechanisms, Epilepsy: aetiology, Epidemiology of epilepsy, Classification of epilepsy. Management of epilepsy, Treatment, Management of the chronic patient, Anti-epileptic drugs, Counselling and social support for people with epilepsy, Surgical treatment of epilepsy, Other non-medical treatments for epilepsy, Women with epilepsy, Intelligence, learning, cognition a...

For the successful treatment of epilepsy, accurate diagnosis of epilepsy and epileptic seizures, and proper selection of antiepileptic drugs (AED) according to the classification of epileptic syndromes are fundamentally important. Efficacy of AED treatment, however, depends not only on its pharmacological action but also on its efficient use, namely a rationally thinking tailor-made treatment c...