All ages

Our brains think and control our bodies using electrical messages. An epileptic seizure happens when there is abnormal electrical activity in your child's brain. Most tamariki (children) who have one epileptic seizure will never have another one.

Information about the use of warfarin for treating and preventing blood clots.

Information about the use of vigabatrin for preventing seizures. 

 Information about the use of spironolactone for heart failure. 

Information for parents and caregivers about the use of sildenafil for pulmonary hypertension (high blood pressure in the lungs).

Information about the use of rectal paraldehyde for stopping seizures.

Information about midazolam for stopping seizures. 

Information about the use of lisinopril for high blood pressure (also called hypertension).

Information about the use of lacosamide to prevent epileptic seizures.

Information about the use of ethosuximide for preventing seizures. 

Information about the use of enalapril for high blood pressure (also called hypertension).

Information about the use of rectal diazepam for stopping seizures.

Information about the use of carvedilol for the treatment of heart failure in tamariki (children).

Information about the use of atenolol for high blood pressure (also called hypertension). 

Information about the use of amlodipine for high blood pressure (also known as hypertension) in tamariki (children).

Information about the use of amiodarone for abnormal heart rhythms (heart beats) in tamariki (children).