Epilepsy is a recurrent disease and it also has acute seizure characteristics. Drug therapy is a common treatment for epilepsy. There are more types of drugs used to treat epilepsy, and in most cases, epilepsy is treated with monotherapy, and only in special cases is it treated with a combination of drugs. So what medications should be taken for different types of epilepsy? The choice of medication for epilepsy depends on the type of seizure. 1. generalized generalized tonic clonic seizures (grand mal seizures): phenytoin sodium, carbamazepine; 2. simple partial seizures: carfacipine is preferred, followed by phenytoin sodium, paroxetine, phenobarbital; 3. atonic seizures: ethosuximide or sodium valproate is preferred, followed by clonazepam (clonidine); 4. myoclonic seizures in children: sodium valproate is preferred, followed by ethosuximide or clonazepam; 5. Persistent status epilepticus: the drug of choice is diazepam, followed by phenytoin sodium and sodium phenobarbital, etc. The above medication dosage is for reference only, the specific medication should be combined with clinical, by the doctor’s face to face guidance shall prevail.