neurologic disorders
Seizure Disorders
Prognosis for Seizure Disorders
With treatment, seizures are eliminated in one third of patients with epileptic seizures, and frequency of seizures is reduced by>50% in another third (1). About 60% of patients whose seizures are well-controlled by medications can eventually stop the medications and remain seizure-free. Epileptic seizures are considered resolved when patients have been seizure-free for 10 years and have not taken antiseizure medications for the last 5 years of that time period. 1.Brodie MJ, Richens A, Yuen AW: Double-blind comparison oflamotrigineandcarbamazepinein newly diagnosed epilepsy.Lancet345 (8948):476–479, 1995. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(95)90581-2 