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When drugs can’t provide the control you deserve, it’s time to consider options beyond more medication.
Ask your physician if these treatment options are right for you.
Treatment Option |
What is it? |
Who is it good for? |
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VNS Therapy |
An implantable device you can use with your current treatment that may help you experience fewer and less intense seizures. |
People whose medications aren’t fully effective or have stopped working, or people whose medications have side effects that affect their daily lives. |
Brain Surgery |
An operation on certain parts of the brain that cause seizures |
People with certain types of drug-resistant epilepsy |
Ketogenic diet |
A high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet that, although followed temporarily, is thought to have long-term benefits. |
Generally, children up to 12 years of age. |
Modified Atkins diet |
Similar to Atkins in most areas except there are no restrictions on proteins, fluids or calories and it does not start in the hospital or with fasting. |
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Epilepsy medications |
The first line of treatment for epilepsy, yet one in three people are unable to control their seizures with medication alone. |
People with certain kinds of epilepsy, but often used in combination with other therapies to treat drug-resistant epilepsy. |