In addition, patients may benefit from the advanced care provided by
epilepsy centers if they continue to have seizures despite treatment with two medications, experience unacceptable side effects or are pregnant or want to become pregnant.
If your seizures have not been brought under control after three months of care by a primary care provider (family physician, pediatrician), further neurologic intervention by a neurologist, or
an epilepsy center if locally available, is appropriate.
If you are being treated by an epilepsy center, you can also seek a second opinion at
another epilepsy center if you have questions about the care that you are receiving.
Not exact matches
If you are seeing a neurologist, and the seizures have not been brought under control after 9 to 12 months, then you should ask for a referral to a specialized
epilepsy center.