Epilepsy is a disease, which is met in children and adults. It is characterised by a severe progressing course, which leads to significant restriction of working ability and often to disability. The frequency of the epilepsy cases varies from 25 to 50 events by 100,000 population in different countries and increases from year to year because of deterioration of ecological conditions, growing of traumatism, stresses, different infections. Pharmacotherapy of this disease by antiepileptical preparations is rather a difficult problem for any physician. The modern classification of antiepileptical preparations is presented in the article, mechanisms of their action are revealed, indications, contraindications, reactions of interaction, as well as side effects, caused by them, are given.
