Editing Anticonvulsant (section)

== Terminology ==
Anticonvulsants are more accurately called antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) because not every epileptic seizure involves [[convulsion]], and vice versa, not every convulsion is caused by an epileptic seizure.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Antiseizure medication |url=https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/24781-antiseizure-medications-anticonvulsants |access-date=2024-03-16 |website=Cleveland Clinic |language=en |archive-date=16 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240316202242/https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/24781-antiseizure-medications-anticonvulsants |url-status=live }}</ref> They are also often referred to as antiseizure drugs because they provide symptomatic treatment only and have not been demonstrated to alter the course of epilepsy.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rogawski |first1=Michael|date= 2021 |editor-last=Katzung |editor-first=B |title=Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, 15th Edition |publisher=McGraw-Hill Education| pages=422–455 |chapter=Chapter 24: Antiseizure Drugs}}</ref>