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Treatments for epilepsy
Getting the right treatment
Epilepsy treatment and care in England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland.
Get the right treatmentEpilepsy medicine
Epilepsy is usually treated with medicines which try to stop the seizures from happening.
More about epilepsy medicinesVagus nerve stimulation
VNS therapy involves a small electrical device which is implanted under the skin to reduce the number of seizures and make them less severe.
Learn about VNSDeep brain stimulation
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a treatment where a part of your brain is stimulated, to stop you having symptoms.
About deep brain stimulationThe ketogenic and related diets
The ketogenic diet (also called ketogenic therapy) is a specialist medical diet.
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