What treatments are available to a person who has complex partial seizures?

What treatments are available to a person who has complex partial seizures?

Charles Ribak, Ph.D. (Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology, UC Irvine School of Medicine) gives expert video advice on: What triggers a complex partial seizure?; What are the dangers of complex partial seizures?; What do I do if I see someone having a complex partial seizure? and more...

Complex partial seizures include those seizures where there is a loss of conscious. The common drugs, the first line of treatment involve Tegretol and Dilantin. However there are many new drugs that out there for people suffering from complex partial seizures. They can be used together with one of these or substitute for one these that are initially used. Lamictal is one of the drugs that have been useful.