Antiepileptics in Epilepsy Treatment

Are you confident in identifying the right antiepileptic medication for your patients? This Ausmed Course explores best-practice treatment for epilepsy, guiding you through epilepsy classifications, antiepileptic drug selection, adverse effects and medication interactions. Strengthen your expertise to help ensure safer, more effective patient care.

Pharmacists and other healthcare professionals who are involved in the prescribing, dispensing and administration of antiepileptic medications throughout patient care.

Antiepileptic therapy can be effectively used to help prevent seizures in epilepsy. Due to the risk of adverse effects associated with antiepileptic therapy, however, it is essential pharmacists and other healthcare professionals have the knowledge to correctly identify seizure types, differences between antiepileptics and their indications, as well as adverse medication effects, the safe withdrawal of treatment when necessary, and in some cases, the importance of concentration monitoring.

The purpose of this Ausmed Course is to review the classification of seizure types and increase and/or revise knowledge of the medications used for the treatment of epilepsy.