New treatments in epilepsy

In recent years the treatment of epilepsies has significantly evolved. The launching of six new antiepileptic drugs--vigabatrin, lamotrigine, felbamate, gabapentin, topiramate and tiagabin--has considerably increased the available therapeutic options. On the other hand, the use of no pharmacologic treatments such as surgery of epilepsy, the implantation of the vagal stimulator or cetogenic diets has increased. In the next decade new antiepileptic drugs will probably be available with different mechanisms of actions which will improve the treatment of epilepsy.