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Differences between men and women in response to antiseizure medication use and the likelihood of developing treatment resistant epilepsy

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The prevalence of epilepsy is slightly higher in women than in men and sensitivity to seizure stimuli differs between sexes. Some evidence suggests sex differences in response to antiseizure medications… Click to show full abstract

The prevalence of epilepsy is slightly higher in women than in men and sensitivity to seizure stimuli differs between sexes. Some evidence suggests sex differences in response to antiseizure medications exist mainly due to inconsistent pharmacokinetic differences; however, there is a lack of real‐world evidence examining differences in response to antiseizure medications between men and women.

Keywords: response antiseizure; differences men; men women; epilepsy; response

Journal Title: Epilepsia Open
Year Published: 2022

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