The present status and prospect of antiepileptic drugs
10.3760/cma.j.cn113694-20201012-00776
- VernacularTitle:浅谈抗癫痫药物应用现状与前景展望
- Author:
Bo XIAO
;
Hongyu LONG
- From:
Chinese Journal of Neurology
2021;54(1):5-8
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Epilepsy is one of the five major neuropsychiatric diseases on which the World Health Organization focuses. New treatment methods are emerging, such as neuromodulation and radiofrequency ablation to remove lesions and precise treatment for gene mutation. However, antiepileptic drug therapy is still the first choice mostly. Since potassium bromide was applicated in epilepsy in 1857, which opened the prelude to the development of modern antiepileptic drugs, more than 20 kinds of antiepileptic drugs have been used in clinical practice. This article reviews the present status and future development of antiepileptic drugs at home and abroad.
