Table 1 Non‐conventional antiepileptic drug (AED) treatment of epilepsy.

Non‐AED medical treatment

Steroids (for example, ACTH [tetracosactide], prednisolone)

Intravenous immunoglobulins

Vitamins (for example, pyridoxine, pyridoxal phosphate, biotin,

folinic acid)

Melatonin

Dietary manipulation

Ketogenic diet

Classical ketogenic diet

MCT diet

Atkins diet

Oligoantigenic diet

Epilepsy surgery techniques

Lesional surgery (for example, tumour, amygdalo‐

hippocampectomy, temporal lobectomy, extra‐temporal resections,

anatomical hemispherectomy or functional hemispherotomy,

removal of cortical seizure foci)

Specific surgical techniques (for example, sub‐pial transection

for Landau‐Kleffner syndrome)

Palliative surgery (for example, callosotomy or vagus nerve

stimulator implantation)

ACTH, adrenocorticotrophic hormone; MCT, medium chain triglyceride.