Diagnosis and treatment
Definitions and classifications
ILAE: Definitions & Classification
Updated classification of epileptic seizures: Position paper of the International League Against Epilepsy (2025)
Supplement PDF: translations including German, French and Italian
Websites that are helpful for epilepsy diagnosis
Diagnosis website with videos for professionals (in English, registration required to view videos): www.epilepsydiagnosis.org
SUDEP in brief – knowledge and practice recommendations on sudden unexpected death in epilepsy
Human Gene Mutation Database (HGMD®): www.hgmd.cf.ac.uk
Valproate
Only if there is absolutely no other alternative, can there be a case for prescribing valproate to girls or women of childbearing age.
The situation is similar for topiramate: Swissmedic information
Helpful websites for epilepsy treatment
Database www.swissmedicinfo.ch
EpiPick: A Tool for Selecting AntiSeizure Medication
This tool calculates the risk of seizure recurrence after stopping anti-epileptic drugs: AED withdrawal risk calculator
This website provides up-to-date information (in German) on shortages of drugs, including anti-seizure medication):
www.drugshortage.ch
Swiss Database for Dosing Medicinal Products in Pediatrics: swisspeddose.ch
Fachbeiträge der Epilepsie-Liga zur Epilepsiebehandlung (German)
auch erschienen auf dem Ärztenetzwerk coliquio.de
Epileptische Anfälle durch Antibiotika? (Stephan Rüegg, 2016)
Nichtepileptische psychogene Anfälle (Andrea Rossetti, 2017)
Epilepsie und Antibabypille: Eine heikle Kombination (Günter Krämer, 2016)
Responsible: Stephan Rüegg, Elisabeth Roggenhoger, Barbara Tettenborn, Editorial team; last updated: November 2025.