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���Ҵ�ý Langone doctors typically use antiepileptic medications first when treating adults with epilepsy. These medications don’t cure the condition, but they can help control seizures and improve a person’s quality of life.

Several antiepileptic medications are available, such as carbamazepine, lamotrigine, levetiracetam, and eslicarbazepine. These medications are available as pills that are taken by mouth daily.

At ���Ҵ�ý Langone’s Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, our experts work with you to find the medication—or combination of medications—that best suits your needs.

Most people with epilepsy require medication for only a small portion of their lives. With many types of epilepsy, medications can be slowly reduced and discontinued, under a doctor’s supervision, after a person has been free of seizures for two to four years.

The longer people go without seizures while taking epilepsy medication, the better their chances of remaining seizure-free after stopping treatment.