“…Carbamazepine, lamotrigine and topiramate dominated in the prescription pattern for partial epilepsies, which is consistent with evidence that these agents are particularly useful in the treatment of partial seizures [8,9,10]. Among patients with generalized and in mixed and/or undetermined seizures, the ranking of the most frequently prescribed AEDs was comparable with current recommendations, except for a lower utilization of levetiracetam [12,13,14] Valproate dominated, which could be expected in view of its broad spectrum of activity against all seizure types [15] and references it that should remain the drug of first choice for many patients with generalized and unclassified epilepsies [16]. Overall, second generation AEDs were quite widely prescribed, lamotrigine and topiramate were extensively used; lower exploitation of levetiracetam is due to its special prescription (fully reimbursed only for refractory epilepsy).…”