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How Long Do I Need To Take Valproate To Control Seizures?

Dr. my brother is suffering from Epilepsy since 2008. From Dec 2012 he has not got any seizure he is taking valporate from Dec 2012. His EEG is still not normal. My question can we 100% cure epilepsy. How long he need to take this medicine. Should we try alternative medicine. I have seen one video of Baba Ramdev ji , in which he claims that Epilepsy can be cured completely thry yoga and pranayam. He also suggest one medicine Divyamedha vati for same. Plz guide me Dr.
Wed, 26 Apr 2017
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Hello, i read your question carefully. Epilepsy is a condition of unknown causes in most cases. Also it can happen because of different factors like brain injury, stroke, malformations, tumors, surgery etc. The seizures, which charachterize epilepsy can be preventable in over 50% of the the cases by the treatment. There are different treatments nowadays, drugs or surgery.
In your brother's case, since the EEG registers pathology, i would not recommend to stop the medication. If the patient doesn't have seizures the treatment is considered successful, but this doesn't mean that the treatment should be discontinued.
As it concerns to the alternative medicine, i don't have any experience. Based on the pathophysiologic facts i don't think that seizures can be controlled only by practicing yoga.
I hope i have been of help. You can feel free to contact me if any further questions come along.
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How Long Do I Need To Take Valproate To Control Seizures?

Hello, i read your question carefully. Epilepsy is a condition of unknown causes in most cases. Also it can happen because of different factors like brain injury, stroke, malformations, tumors, surgery etc. The seizures, which charachterize epilepsy can be preventable in over 50% of the the cases by the treatment. There are different treatments nowadays, drugs or surgery. In your brother s case, since the EEG registers pathology, i would not recommend to stop the medication. If the patient doesn t have seizures the treatment is considered successful, but this doesn t mean that the treatment should be discontinued. As it concerns to the alternative medicine, i don t have any experience. Based on the pathophysiologic facts i don t think that seizures can be controlled only by practicing yoga. I hope i have been of help. You can feel free to contact me if any further questions come along.