Pharmacy teams in both primary and secondary care can support people with epilepsy, the vast majority of whom will be taking one or more anti-seizure medicines (ASMs) to manage their condition. This article is the second in a series and focuses on the management of epilepsy. Information relating to symptoms and diagnosis can be found in 'Epilepsy: symptoms and diagnosis (/article/ld/epilepsy-symptoms-and-diagnosis)'. ASMs were, until recently, referred to as 'anti-epileptic drugs'; this term still appears in some sources. The change in terminology reflects that fliese drugs treat seizures, not the underlying condition. ASMs do little to relieve any of the other commonly associated symptoms of epilepsy, such as memory problems, psychological issues (e.g. depression (/article/ld/depression-in-adults-recognition-and-management) and anxiety (/article/ld/case-based-learning-anxiety-disorders)). and, in some cases, can exacerbate these problems[l],
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