Epilepsy in Thailand

The epidemiology of epilepsy in Thailand is about 1 % of the population (Thai population 67 million). Approximately700,000 of epilepsy cases is reported in Thailand and about 40,000 cases who are refractory to the conventional AEDs.

Epilepsy is quite a burden disorder to the patient. Only a few patients are employed and epilepsy was classified as a formidable disease to be the civil servants. From several studies found that there was a lot of wrong perception among the public.

Only a few of epilepsy medical services are available in Thailand and also there is no medical care benefit or compensation aids. In addition, most of he new AEDs are not covered by the national medicare scheme for the poor people.