How long to take levetiracetam for mild epilepsy

Taking levetiracetam for mild epilepsy may take 1 to 1.5 years, or longer, depending on the patient’s condition. Epilepsy is clinically a chronic brain disease manifested by recurrent seizures, which can occur at any age, and is one of the common neurological disorders in neurology. Levetiracetam is an antiepileptic drug that is commonly used as an add-on treatment for partial seizures in adults and children over 4 years of age with epilepsy. Mild epilepsy can take levetiracetam drug to relieve the symptoms, if the effect of the drug is better, when the seizures are controlled, you can slowly reduce the dosage or discontinue, usually not less than 1 ~ 1.5 years without seizures before stopping the drug. Patients with epilepsy, whether mild or severe, should go to the hospital for examination and treatment in a timely manner, under the guidance of the doctor to standardize the use of medication, do not blindly reduce or stop taking medication on their own.