Medications can play a huge role in controlling epileptic seizures. The website WEBMD states that 70% of patients with epilepsy medications are able to control seizures (Denoon et al.). However, they can't cure epilepsy, and medication is often needed throughout the course of the disease. Often medications are prescribed on a trial and error basis. The right medication or combination of medications must be found for each specific person with the illness. Surgery is also an option for people with medically refractory seizures. The most common procedure is anterior temporal lobectomy. In well-selected cases, 70-80% of patients can become seizure free (Brodie 95). Although epilepsy is a powerful disability radiating through every avenue of a
