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This article provides an overview of canine epilepsy, including diagnosis, treatment for routine and refractory epilepsy, commonly used anticonvulsant drugs and their recommended starting doses, and a brief introduction to new medications and alternative therapies.
The canine epilepsy patient requires a methodical, clinical reasoning approach (Figure1) to guide the clinician to the most likely underlying disease process and, therefore, to develop an appropriate and adequate treatment plan to reduce the brain’s vulnerability to seizure events.
Anti-epileptic treatment should be started in dogs with idiopathic epilepsy that have: • more than one generalised seizure per month; • status epilepticus or severe cluster seizures;
28 sie 2015 · In this consensus proposal, an overview is given on the aim of AED treatment, when to start long-term treatment in canine epilepsy and which veterinary AEDs are currently in use for dogs.
Treatment Aim. Limit seizure frequency while avoiding adverse effects of AEDs. When to Start Treatment. In view of the adverse side effects of AEDs, treatment is typically initiated when seizures occur more than once a month, or in clusters, or are associated with unacceptable postictal signs or with status epilepticus.
Date : February 9, 2015. Dogs with recurrent epileptic seizures, and where no interictal neurological deficits or abnormalities on routine diagnostic tests are evident, have traditionally been defined as having “idiopathic epilepsy”.
Determination of an appropriate treatment regimen for canine epilepsy depends on an accurate diagnosis of the type and cause of seizures, only after which appropriate therapeutic options can be identified. Diagnosing and Classifying Canine Seizures .
