Treatment of new-onset epilepsy: seizures beget discussion.

Looks at developments in the treatment of epileptic seizures. Question of when to start patients on antiepileptic medication; Authors' view that the decision requires doctors to consider a complex arrangement of medical, psychological and sociological factors; Review of research into the long-term control of seizures performed by Anthony Marson and colleagues; Conclusion by Marson's research that delaying medication did not increase the risk of chronic epilepsy.