The Ad Hoc Task Force of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) developed a definition for drug-resistant epilepsy.
Patient selection: seizure disorder
Criteria |
Comment |
failure to achieve a sustained freedom from seizures |
patient still having seizures despite therapy |
adequate trials |
the dose was right and the drug was given long enough to see if it would work |
two anticonvulsant drugs tried |
may be used in sequence (A then B) or in combination (A and B) |
tolerated |
drugs not discontinued because of intolerable side effects |
appropriately chosen |
drugs selected for the type of seizure |
used |
failure not due to nonadherence |
Specialty: Neurology
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