Anti-epileptic Drugs | Notion

Drug treatment according to the type of epilepsy

Generalised tonic-clonic seizures

lamotrigine or levetiracetam

Focal seizures

first line: lamotrigine or levetiracetam
second line: carbamazepine, oxcarbazepine or zonisamide

Absence seizures (Petit mal)

first line: ethosuximide
second line: lamotrigine or levetiracetam
carbamazepine may exacerbate absence seizures

Myoclonic seizures

first-line: levetiracetam
second line: lamotrigine

Tonic or atonic seizures