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The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
What is drug-resistant epilepsy and how common is it?]

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Jaysingh Singh, MD
Medical Director, Epilepsy Surgery Program
Ohio State Wexner Medical Center]

Drug-resistant epilepsy, usually the treatment of epilepsy, we tend to start with medical therapy, which is simply means medications anti-epileptic or anti-seizure drug therapy. Majority of our patients will do well with medications alone. And when they have tried two or three seizure medication and still having seizures, that is a time we deem them as drug-resistant epilepsy or refractory epilepsy. And this is a time when I opened the discussion with them to look into more advanced surgical treatment options or neuromodulation therapy options for them.

It's actually fairly common. Around 30% of our epilepsy patients may not get a full control over their seizures with the help of their medication. And this 30% of patients will need help beyond medications.

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Ohio State Health & Discovery
For more information, visit: wexnermedical.osu.edu/epilepsy]

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