Disease index

idiopathic generalised epilepsy

Neurology · 2008–2021

4decisions
3medicines
2carried consumer input
0individual submissions

Every decision

MedicineMeetingOutcomeConsumer input
lacosamide Treatment of adults and children aged ≥4 years with idiopathic generalised epilepsy (IGE) with primary generalised tonic-clonic seizures (PGTCS) who have… Mar 2021 Recommended with restriction input received
perampanel Treatment of primary generalised tonic-clonic seizures in patients with idiopathic generalised epilepsy aged 12 years or older. Jul 2017 Recommended with restriction none received
perampanel Treatment of primary generalised tonic-clonic (PGTC) seizures in patients with idiopathic generalised epilepsy (IGE). Jul 2016 Not recommended input received
levetiracetam Extension of PBS listing to include treatment of primary generalised tonic clonic seizures and generalised myoclonic seizures (juvenile myoclonic epilepsy) as… Nov 2008 Recommended with restriction no section in document

What the PBS pays

$47M in government benefit over 2024–25, across 929,330 services.

This is spend on the medicines considered for this condition, not spend on the disease. A medicine used for several conditions is counted in full under each, so figures across conditions add to more than national PBS expenditure.

MedicineGovernment benefit
levetiracetam $23.1M
lacosamide $15M
perampanel $9.3M

Conditions are classified by a language model from the indication text of each submission, so an individual label here can be wrong. Consumer input is read from the document's own consumer comments section: 2 of 3 decisions since 2014 carried some. Silence means no comment reached the committee through that facility, not that nobody was affected. More on how this was built.