On the issue of treatment of focal epilepsy in family medicine

Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disorder of various etiologies. This pathology is accompanied by seizures, convulsive or non-convulsive, with or without loss of consciousness. The disease has an organic nature, but epilepsy is heterogeneous, that is, it can have different symptoms, causes, and types of seizures. Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological pathologies. At least 65 million people in the world have this diagnosis, and people of all ages and genders are ill. However, epileptic seizures occur more often in old age, increasing the incidence of strokes, neurodegenerative diseases and tumors in this group. The article examines the issues of instrumental diagnosis and pharmacological treatment of focal epilepsy, compares the mechanism of action and safety of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs).