Anthony G Marson, Girvan Burnside, Richard Appleton, Dave Smith, John Paul Leach, Graeme Sills, Catrin Tudur-Smith, Catrin O Plumpton, Dyfrig A Hughes, Paula R Williamson, Gus Baker, Silviya Balabanova, Claire Taylor, Richard Brown, Dan Hindley, Stephen Howell, Melissa Maguire, Rajiv Mohanraj, Philip Em Smith
BACKGROUND: Levetiracetam (Keppra® , UCB Pharma Ltd, Slough, UK) and zonisamide (Zonegran® , Eisai Co. Ltd, Tokyo, Japan) are licensed as monotherapy for focal epilepsy, and levetiracetam is increasingly used as a first-line treatment for generalised epilepsy, particularly for women of childbearing age. However, there is uncertainty as to whether or not they should be recommended as first-line treatments owing to a lack of evidence of clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness...
December 2021: Health Technology Assessment: HTA