Drug of choice for Absence attacks is
- DOC for Absent seizures: Typical - Ethosuximide Atypical & in India - Sodium valproate If nothing is mentioned in question then DOC is Ethosuximide Drug of choice for: Focal seizures : oxcarbamazepine and carbamazepine; Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy: valproate and lamotrigine; Lennox-Gastaut syndrome: clobazam, valproate, topiramate, lamotrigine, and, most recently, as add on, rufinamide Infantile spasms: adrenocoicotropic hormone (ACTH).
Phenytoin
Primidone
Ethosuximide
Phenobarbitone
Epilepsy