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Approach to Intractable Seizures
When confronted with refractory seizures, various courses of action become available to physicians and to patients. The doctor can reevaluate the diagnosis and the medication therapy. The person with epilepsy can consider strategies for remembering to take medications and reduction of precipitating factors, if any.
People whose seizures are not under control should be referred to an Epilepsy Center. You can look up epilepsy physician specialists (9) and epilepsy centers (10) near you here on epilepsy.com. An Epilepsy Center takes a comprehensive approach to medical, psychological and social problems associated with seizures.
When medications do not work, then non-medication therapy for the epilepsy can be considered (Table 4).
Table 4: Non-drug therapies for epilepsy
- Epilepsy surgery
- Vagus nerve stimulation
- Ketogenic diet
- Experimental trials
Continue on to Epilepsy Surgery
Topic Editor: Robert S. Fisher, MD, PhD
Last Reviewed: April 21, 2009
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