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drugs, levetiracetam has been reported as effective and safe192,193,66. Lamotrigine on rare
occasions may cause seizure exacerbation and cognitive deterioration194.

When to withdraw medication differs among experts, although all agree that there is no need to
continue with AEDS 1–3 years after the last seizure and certainly not after age 14 when most
benign childhood focal seizures remit or 16 when they are practically non-existent.

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