Pharmacological Treatment of Epilepsy in Elderly Patients

Jong Geun Seo; Yong Won Cho; Keun Tae Kim; Dong Wook Kim; Kwang Ik Yang; Soon Tae Lee; Jung Ick Byun; Young Joo No; Kyung Wook Kang; Daeyoung Kim; Drug Committee of Korean Epilepsy Society

doi:10.3988/jcn.2020.16.4.556

Pharmacological Treatment of Epilepsy in Elderly Patients

J Clin Neurol. 2020 Oct;16(4):556-561. doi: 10.3988/jcn.2020.16.4.556.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea. jonggeun.seo@gmail.com.
² Department of Neurology, Dongsan Medical Center, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea. neurocho@gmail.com.
³ Department of Neurology, Dongsan Medical Center, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
⁴ Department of Neuroloy, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
⁵ Department of Neurology, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan Hospital, Cheonan, Korea.
⁶ Department of Neurology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
⁷ Department of Neurology, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Seoul, Korea.
⁸ Department of Neurology, Samsung Noble County, Yongin, Korea.
⁹ Department of Neurology, Chonnam National University Hospital, Chonnam National University School of Medicine, Gwangju, Korea.
¹⁰ Department of Neurology, Chungnam National University Hospital, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.

Abstract

The incidence and prevalence of epilepsy are highest in elderly people, and the etiologies of epilepsy in the elderly differ from those in other age groups. Moreover, diagnosing and treating epilepsy in elderly people may be challenging due to differences in clinical characteristics and physiological changes associated with aging. This review focuses on the pharmacological treatment of epilepsy in elderly patients.

Keywords: elderly; epilepsy; treatment.

Publication types

Review