Prompt Seizure Therapy May Have No Long-Term Benefit

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Reuters Health - After a seizure, early intervention with anticonvulsant drugs appears to have little effect on the long-term prognosis of epilepsy, British researchers report in the June 11th issue of The Lancet.

"When to begin treatment with antiepileptic drugs in patients with few or infrequent seizures is a difficult decision," study co-author Dr. David Chadwick, from the University of Liverpool, and his associates note. Doctors and patients must weigh the risk of seizure recurrence against the risk of medication side effects.

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