History of anti-seizure medications, their potential side effects and the risks of uncontrolled seizures

The Beat podcast is designed for healthcare professionals and is brought to you by Nutricia. In this four-part miniseries The Beat focuses on epilepsy and the options for managing uncontrolled seizures when medication doesn’t work. In this episode, Specialist Ketogenic Dietitian, Susan Wood, at Matthew’s Friends Clinics, discusses the history of anti-seizure medications, their potential side effects and risks of uncontrolled seizures with Professor Helen Cross OBE. Professor Helen is The Prince of Wales’s Chair of Childhood Epilepsy and Head of the Developmental Neuroscience Programme at UCL-Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Neurology Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London and Young Epilepsy, Lingfield, UK.