Epilepsy: Medical Treatments

(asked on 17th January 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the timetable is for making available new medication for Lennox-Gastent syndrome.


This question was answered on 25th January 2017

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance, The diagnosis and management of the epilepsies in adults and children in primary and secondary care, published in January 2012, sets out best practice for clinicians on the diagnosis, treatment, care and support of people with epilepsy. This guidance recommends that children with Lennox–Gastaut syndrome should either be referred straight to a specialist or that a specialist should be consulted on how best to manage that patient. First line treatment for patients with this condition is sodium valproate, with lamotrigine prescribed as an adjunctive treatment if sodium valproate is ineffective or not tolerated. Consideration of other anti-epileptic drugs and approaches to management should only be undertaken by a specialist.

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