Treatments

Fast facts

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   Most people have their epilepsy treated with epilepsy medicines
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   About half of people with epilepsy in the UK are seizure free. With the right treatment, an estimated 70% could be seizure free
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   After you’ve tried 2 or 3 epilepsy medicines the possibility of getting full seizure control with medicines goes down
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   When epilepsy isn’t controlled by taking epilepsy medicine doctors might suggest other treatments like epilepsy brain surgery, vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) or the ketogenic diet