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<description>Seizuretracker.com is a great and easy to use. You can even use t a smartphone to enter your information. My Epilepsy Diary at epilepsy.com is a great comprehensive tool, and has a great iPhone app you can use as well.</description>
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<description>There is no cure for epilepsy, yet. Medications do not cure epilepsy in the same sense that penicillin can cure an infection. For many people with epilepsy, however, the medication will prevent seizures as long as they are taken regularly; but, successful drug therapy requires the active cooperation of the patient. Antiepileptic drugs successfully prevent seizures in at least fifty percent of...</description>
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<description>Vagus nerve stimulation therapyis another form of treatment that may be tried when medications fail to stop seizures. It is currently approved for use in adults and children over the age of 12 who have partial seizures that resist control by other methods. The therapy is designed to prevent seizures by sending regular small pulses of electrical energy to the brain via the vagus nerve, a large...</description>
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<description>The following information is designed to help people with epilepsybecome more familiar with seizure medications. It is not for use by health or other professionals to identify drugs, nor is ita completelist.                                                                                                                                                                                        General...</description>
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<description>Often, a period of fine-tuning is needed before it's clear whether or not a child is going to respond to the ketogenic diet. Doctors often ask parents to try the diet for at least one month, and even as long as two or three, if it's not working at first.  A child on the diet usually continues taking anti-seizure medicine, but may be able to take less of it later on. If a child does very well,...</description>
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