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 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 8 Exploration of elderly patients with epilepsy drugs [Keywords:] older epilepsy drugs inquiry With the development trend of population aging, the elderly the incidence of new epilepsy increased year by year, over the age of 60, each have 127.2 million people 10 epilepsy [1]. In the treatment of these patients, because their own aging process and the simultaneous treatment of other diseases so complicated, so patients with epilepsy aged care, health care should be the people’s attention. An old disease complicated by epilepsy Especially in elderly patients with cognitive impairment, epilepsy and cardiac conduction abnormalities. Two common diseases that require special consideration areas are cardiovascular disease and mental disorders (such as: dementia and depression). In elderly patients, the most common known cause of epilepsy a stroke. In addition, the most common type of stroke is ischemic stroke onset, with a variety of cardiovascular risk factors, including: atrial fibrillation, carotid artery stenosis, hypertension and coronary heart disease. Thus, in stroke patients, clinicians should be suspected if there are other types of cardiovascular disease, the presence of known cardiovascular toxicity of the drugs should be used with caution. stroke, epilepsy, and the relationship between Alzheimer’s disease is complex, because patients with a history of stroke, the incidence of Alzheimer’s disease increased by; In contrast, in dementia patients, increased incidence of epilepsy. stroke, epilepsy, and the relationship between depression is also very complex. in stroke patients and patients with epilepsy in the incidence of depression increased by; in patients with depression, stroke and increased incidence of cardiovascular disease was. 2, the treatment of elderly patients with complicated epilepsy Elderly patients with epilepsy often receive multiple drugs for the treatment of comorbidity. Therefore, these patients on th