A drug or treatment that prevents or controls epileptic seizures; relating to medication that combats epilepsy.
From anti- (against) + epileptic (from Greek epilepsia, literally 'seizure upon'). The term became standardized in neurology and pharmacology during the 20th century as new drugs were developed to manage seizure disorders.
Antiepileptic drugs literally rewrote the lives of millions—what was once considered supernatural possession or divine punishment became a manageable neurological condition thanks to these medications.
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