Systematic Reviews of Treatments for Epilepsy

Follow the links below to find summaries of systematic reviews of the evidence of the effectiveness of treatments for epilepsy

Reviewed August 2011

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Title:   Eslicarbazepine acetate add-on for drug-resistant partial epilepsy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Eslicarbazepine acetate is effective as a short-term add-on treatment for drug-resistant focal epilepsy. Epilepsy is a recurrent seizure disorder caused by abnormal electrical discharges from the brain. The majority of patients with epilepsy can contro...
Date:   Nov 2011
Title:   Immediate-release versus controlled-release carbamazepine in the treatment of epilepsy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder that is often treated with carbamazepine. With treatment, the number of seizures are often reduced but many people experience side effects. When carbamazepine is taken and it is absorbed into the body quickly t...
Date:   Aug 2011
Title:   Calcium antagonists as an add-on therapy for drug-resistant epilepsy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   No evidence to suggest that calcium antagonists have a useful effect on seizures. Nearly a third of people with epilepsy become resistant to antiepileptic drugs. These older drugs do not prevent seizures for everyone, and they have adverse effects. A ra...
Date:   Jul 2011
Title:   Acupuncture for epilepsy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Patients with epilepsy are currently treated with antiepileptic drugs, but a significant number of people continue to have seizures and many experience adverse effects to the drugs. As a result there is increasing interest in alternative therapies and a...
Date:   Jul 2011
Title:   Clobazam as an add-on in the management of refractory epilepsy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Only four randomised controlled trials have been undertaken assessing add-on clobazam for refractory epilepsy. All are cross-over studies of short duration; they used differing designs and were of poor methodological quality. Results suggest that clobaz...
Date:   Apr 2011
Title:   Vigabatrin for refractory partial epilepsy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Vigabatrin taken with other antiepileptic drugs, as add-on therapy, can reduce seizures in people with drug-resistant partial epilepsy although its use is associated with some side effects. These results were obtained from short-term randomised controll...
Date:   Mar 2011
Title:   Psychological treatments for epilepsy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   No reliable evidence supports psychological treatments for people with epilepsy. Psychological interventions are used in attempts to reduce seizure frequency, improve quality of life and avoid adverse effects of drugs among people with epilepsy. Of the ...
Date:   Feb 2011
Title:   Non-pharmacological interventions for epilepsy in people with intellectual disabilities
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   This review identified the lack of any randomised controlled trials (RCTs) for non-pharmacological interventions in people with epilepsy and intellectual disabilities. There is evidently a need for well-designed RCTs to ascertain the effects of non-phar...
Date:   Feb 2011
Title:   Pharmacological interventions for epilepsy in people with intellectual disabilities
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   This review confirms that in the majority of cases where intellectually disabled populations participated in trials of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), moderate reductions in seizure frequency and occasional seizure freedom were obtained. Concern about side ...
Date:   Feb 2011
Title:   Interventions for psychotic symptoms concomitant with epilepsy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Little evidence to inform the treatment of psychosis in people with epilepsy. There is substantial evidence that people suffering from epilepsy have an increased risk of suffering from psychotic symptoms. These symptoms sometimes occur soon after or bef...
Date:   Feb 2011
Title:   Intravenous immunoglobulins for epilepsy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Epilepsy is a disorder where recurrent seizures are caused by abnormal electrical discharges in the brain. People with epilepsy may present with various types of immunological abnormalities. Most seizures can be controlled by antiepileptic drugs but som...
Date:   Dec 2010
Title:   Felbamate as an add-on therapy for refractory epilepsy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Only three randomized controlled trials have been found assessing add-on felbamate for refractory partial-onset epilepsy. They used differing designs. There is limited evidence to support the use of felbamate as an add-on treatment for refractory partia...
Date:   Dec 2010
Title:   Strategies for improving adherence to antiepileptic drug treatment in patients with epilepsy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   People with epilepsy can find it difficult to take their medicines as prescribed, and this is thought to be a reason for poor control of seizures. This review of trials reports interventions to improve patients' adherence to antiepileptic medications....
Date:   Dec 2010
Title:   Care delivery and self-management strategies for children with epilepsy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Evidence for the best ways to care for children with epilepsy is still unclear. This review compared four education- or counselling-based interventions for children with epilepsy. One intervention was aimed solely at children, two were aimed at children...
Date:   Nov 2010
Title:   Lamotrigine adjunctive therapy for refractory generalized tonic-clonic seizures
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   There is limited evidence that adjunctive lamotrigine reduces seizure frequency in patients with refractory primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures.
Date:   Sep 2010
Title:   Tiagabine add-on for drug-resistant partial epilepsy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Tiagabine in combination with other antiepileptic drugs (add-on) can reduce seizures, but with some adverse effects. Nearly a third of people with epilepsy become resistant to antiepileptic drugs (AEDs). Older AEDs do not prevent seizures for everyone a...
Date:   Sep 2010
Title:   Vagus nerve stimulation for partial seizures
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Vagus nerve stimulator is a device that is effective as add-on treatment for drug-resistant partial epilepsy. Epilepsy is a disorder where recurrent seizures are caused by abnormal electrical discharges from the brain. Most seizures can be controlled by...
Date:   Jun 2010
Title:   Early versus late antiepileptic drug withdrawal for people with epilepsy in remission
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   There is not enough evidence to show the best time to withdraw antiepileptic drugs in adults with epilepsy who are free of seizures. More research is needed. Epilepsy is a disorder where recurrent seizures are caused by abnormal electrical discharges fr...
Date:   Mar 2010
Title:   Therapeutic monitoring of antiepileptic drugs for epilepsy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   No evidence to support routine therapeutic monitoring of antiepileptic drugs in the treatment of epilepsy. No evidence was found to indicate that the routine measurement of serum drug concentrations to inform drug dose adjustments is superior to drug do...
Date:   Feb 2010
Title:   Ethosuximide, sodium valproate or lamotrigine for absence seizures in children and adolescents
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Not enough evidence to show which drugs are best for treating seizures in children and adolescents with absence epilepsy Epilepsy is a disorder where seizures are caused by abnormal electrical discharges from the brain. Absence epilepsy involves seizure...
Date:   Feb 2010

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