Nondiscrimination Policy Update

Boston Medical Center Health System complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, national origin (including limited English proficiency and primary language), religion, culture, physical or mental disabilities, socioeconomic status, sex, sexual orientation and gender identity and/or expression. BMCHS provides free aids and services to people with disabilities and free language services to people whose primary language is not English.

To read our full Nondiscrimination Statement, click here.

Anti- seizure medications, also called anticonvulsant therapy or anti-epileptic drugs, are medications used to treat epilepsy. These are the most common treatments for epilepsy and successfully treat and prevent seizures in many people by controlling abnormal electrical activity in the brain.

There are many different types of anti-seizure medications. Your doctor will choose one based on the types of seizures you have an the underlying cause of the seizures.