Treatment

Antiepileptic medication (1 0f 7)

Name:
Generic/Brand
Seizure type Possible side effects
acetazolamide/
Diamox
tonic-clonic,juvenile myoclonic,absence,partial seizures headache,lethargy,nausea,
diarrhoea,pins and needles,dizziness,
irritability,depression,loss of appetite and weight
carbamazepine/
Tegretol
partial or generalised seizures (but not absence or myoclonic) skin rash, sedation, blurred or double vision, unsteadiness, headache, drowsiness and problems for women, such as, (but rarely) foetal abnormalities


clobazam/
Frisium


tonic-clonic,myoclonic and partial seizures drowsiness,dizziness,
blurred vision,
irritability,depression