About the drug treatment of patients with epilepsy and the problem.

1 Western medicine "injury liver, injury nephritism big", to use Chinese medicine, with partial treatment effective: Chinese medicine treatment epilepsy although there is a long history, but there is no clear evidence that Chinese medicine can be as stable as Western medicine to control epilepsy, not to mention long-term use of Chinese medicine will also bring the risk of toxic side effects of the drug.
taking "Western medicine" anti-epileptic drugs to treat epilepsy, is internationally recognized as a standardized treatment for epilepsy.
the medical emphasis on "regular drug treatment", the key is to emphasize two points: First, to formal specialists (especially epilepsy centers of neurology, neurologists) under the guidance of the choice of drugs.
under the guidance and follow-up of doctors, according to regular laboratory examination, doctors through timely adjustment of dosage, adjustment of drug programs, can ensure the basic safety of patients taking medication.
two, to choose the formal drug, that is, to choose the international (national) officially approved the production of anti-epileptic "Western medicine", and by no means folklore can be "cure, eradication, no toxic side effects" of Chinese medicine side.
in fact, for the clinical treatment of epilepsy, it is now recognized that the traditional medicine of the motherland may have a certain auxiliary role, but the scientific treatment is to rely on the formal pharmaceutical factory, international standards of "Western medicine" anti-epileptic drugs.
and blindly follow the advertisement, choose the so-called "Chinese medicine, partial side", often illegally add a large dose of "carbamazepine, phenyto, phenytoin sodium" and other early generation, very cheap anti-epileptic drugs, stealing beams to expect to obtain "therapeutic effect", take such "Chinese medicine", not only may not control epilepsy, more likely to lead to epilepsy more and more difficult to treat, and even the risk of life.
2, the latest, the most expensive drug must be a good drug: anti-epileptic drugs after hundreds of years of development, can be broadly divided into traditional anti-epileptic drugs and a new generation of anti-epileptic drugs two categories: traditional drugs include "carmapine, sodium valproate (debaquine), phenytoin Sodium, phenyto (Rumina), etc., a new generation of anti-epileptic drugs include "tothine (tote), lamothanine (Libbiton), okaspin (qulai), left ethyl sitan (Kaplan) and so on.
internationally accepted principle of medical selection of the most appropriate drug based on specific condition.
epilepsy can be manifested in a variety of seizure types, there are many causes of epilepsy, the choice of anti-epileptic drugs is based on each patient's specific circumstances to determine.
no one is suitable for all patients, so there is no best medicine, only the most suitable medicine.
a new generation of anti-epileptic drugs, in the adverse reactions of drugs, adverse reactions to the body, the retention rate of long-term drug use is high.
in the actual anti-epileptic effect, there is no research to prove that there is a more advantageous effect.
but for traditional anti-epileptic drugs, some "old drugs", such as phenytoin sodium, have indeed been because the drug side reaction is too strong, and was gradually eliminated by the clinic.
but there is no doubt that medicine is improving, and new anti-epileptic drugs are now being developed and marketed every 3-5 years.
new anti-epileptic drugs, such as Kaplan, have completely different anti-epileptic drug mechanisms and are expected to have better anti-epileptic effects.
therefore, regardless of "cheap or not", "new and old or not", in the doctor's rational use, combination, anti-epileptic drugs on the actual control rate of epilepsy will continue to improve.
3, the drug situation still has seizures, on their own increase, increase, and even actively combine several drug treatments: epilepsy is a chronic neurological disease, drug treatment needs a long cycle.
even in strict compliance with the International Anti-Epilepsy Alliance's epilepsy treatment guidelines, after the most formal and complete drug treatment strategy, there are still 30% of epilepsy patients may belong to the drug refractive epilepsy.
this is the current state of objective medical treatment of the disease.
therefore, in the course of medication there are seizures, should not be nervous, but in general to see the drug treatment during the "frequency of seizures", "the manifestations of seizures" whether there has been a change.
must follow the guidance of a specialist and never increase the dose of the drug on their own, or combine the second, third or more medications.
irregular drug treatment, there are only two consequences: first, delayed illness.
, increase the risk of drug use, increase the side injury of patients.
4, patients half a year, 1 year without seizures, think has been "cured" then stop the drug: epilepsy is a chronic disease.
their regular drug treatment cycle should be at least 3-5 years or more.
the reduction of drugs, the principle of discontinuation is: after regular drug treatment, patients more than 2 years (the longer the better) no seizures. The 24-hour electroencephalogram is reviewed during the
period and the normal electroencephalogram can be slowed to reduce the dose of the drug to half of the original dose under the guidance of a doctor.
continue to take the drug for more than six months, observation still has no seizures, review 24 hours electroencephalogram is still normal, can be under the guidance of doctors, continue to slow down to stop the drug.
this means that the drug treatment of epilepsy needs a longer cycle, if the patient himself has no patience can not cooperate well with the treatment, the effect of drug treatment will be greatly reduced, do not avoid random drug change scant, reduce the drug.
it is necessary to combine living habits with medication, such as taking medication before each meal, or taking medication before each bed, if not taking the medicine, after detection should be taken immediately, try to maintain a more stable concentration of drugs in the blood.
if because of pregnancy or other special reasons want to stop the drug, must contact with the doctor, not free to stop the drug, sudden lying may induce epilepsy, and even induce the persistent state of epilepsy life-threatening, repeatedly will make epilepsy more and more difficult to treat.
5, this disease is not good cure "living cancer", take medicine to take a lifetime of medicine: epilepsy is indeed a refractory neurological disease, but 70% of patients may be through scientific treatment programs, can basically control seizures, return to normal life. more than half of
may be completely out of medicine.
causeepileps "bad treatment" of the key reason, one is because there is no formal treatment, another reason is that the patient can not follow the doctor's doctor's advice, can not insist on taking medication, or change drugs at will, stop the drug, resulting in repeated illness, the disease is postponed to "difficult epilepsy."
need to emphasize that the patient's self-confidence during treatment, the correct acceptance and understanding of the disease, is one of the key links to achieve good treatment results.
I often say to my patients that the treatment of epilepsy requires the interaction and cooperation of the doctor and the patient.
drug treatment may account for 50% of the role, while the patient's own emotional psychological regulation, compliance to treatment accounted for another 50% of the role.
only by building confidence and being strong, can patients seize the best opportunity to overcome persistent diseases.
source: China Anti-Epilepsy Association !-- content display end- !-- determine whether the login ends.