Recurrence

  • Antiepileptic drug therapy in younger patients: when to start, when to stop
    Leon Zacharowicz, MA, MD and Solomon L. Moshé, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 1995, 62 (3) 176-183;

    Recent studies suggest that antiepileptic drug therapy can be discontinued in many young patients after a 2-year seizure-free interval.

  • Recurrence, remission, and relapse of seizures
    Norman K. So, MB, BChir
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 1993, 60 (6) 439-444;

    Drug treatment after a first seizure reduces the risk of recurrence by about half, but many patients find the adverse effects intolerable.