Review
Progress of new anti-seizure medications in elderly patients with epilepsy
Qi Jing, Liu Xiao, Wang Qun
Published 2022-10-08
Cite as Chin J Neurol, 2022, 55(10): 1185-1190. DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn113694-20220207-00076
Abstract
With the rapid aging of the population, elderly epilepsy probably becomes one of the most common forms of epilepsy. Lacosamide, brivaracetam, eslicarbazepine acetate, and perampanel have been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration and the European Medicines Agency for monotherapy and (or) adjunctive treatment of seizures in the last few years. This review summarizes the efficacy and tolerability of third-generation anti-seizure medications in elderly epilepsy patients and introduces the effects of anti-seizure medications on cognitive function and mood, as well as drug-drug interactions, aiming to provide a reliable basis for clinicians to choose third-generation anti-seizure medications.
Key words:
Epilepsy; Aged; Drug therapy; Drug tolerance
Contributor Information
Qi Jing
Department of Neurology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases, Beijing 100070, China
Liu Xiao
Department of Neurology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases, Beijing 100070, China
Wang Qun
Department of Neurology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases, Beijing 100070, China