1. Overview

    Phenotype Type
    Drug
    Sex
    Both
    Valid Event Date Range
    No data
    Coding System
    PROD codesBNF codesRead codes v2dm+d codes
    Data Sources
    No data
    Collections
    No data
    Tags
    No data
    Ontology
    No data

  2. Definition

    This phenotype includes lists of anti-seizure medications used for treating epilepsy in the United Kingdom (past and present drugs).

  3. Implementation

    Implementation

    This phenotype includes lists of anti-seizure medications used for treating epilepsy in the United Kingdom (past and present drugs).

    Note that not all of these drugs are used for epilepsy alone, some will be used to treat multiple other medical conditions in addition. We would therefore reccomend that these drugs are used in combination with epilepsy diagnostic, seizure or epilepsy administration codes.

    Note that we have validated Read code algorithms which include and exclude different drug groups and also algorithms which include anti-seizure medications alone.

    Lists which include "all - no exclusions" are complete anti-seizure medication lists, where the reader can decide to keep or exclude different code types.

  4. Clinical Codelist

  5. Publication

    Related publications

    No known publications

    Citation Example

    Kathryn J. Bush, Beata Fonferko-Shadrach, Huw A. Strafford, Arron S. Lacey, Andrew Kingston, Rhys H. Thomas, Sheena E. Ramsay, William O Pickrell. PH1933 / 4492 - Anti-seizure medications (ASMS) (also referred to as: anti-epileptic medication/ epilepsy drugs). Concept Library [Online]. 18 November 2025. Available from: http://conceptlibrary.saildatabank.com/SAIL/phenotypes/PH1933/version/4492/detail/. [Accessed 10 November 2026]

  6. API

    To Export Phenotype Details:

    FormatAPI
    JSON site_root/SAIL/api/v1/phenotypes/PH1933/version/4492/detail/?format=json
    R Package

    # Download here

    library(ConceptLibraryClient)


    # Connect to API

    client = ConceptLibraryClient::Connection$new(public=TRUE)


    # Get details of Phenotype

    phenotype_details = client$phenotypes$get_detail(
     'PH1933',
     version_id=4492
    )

    Py Package

    # Download here

    from pyconceptlibraryclient import Client


    # Connect to API

    client = Client(public=True)


    # Get details of Phenotype

    phenotype_detail = client.phenotypes.get_detail(
     'PH1933',
     version_id=4492
    )

    To Export Phenotype Code List:

    FormatAPI
    JSON site_root/SAIL/api/v1/phenotypes/PH1933/version/4492/export/codes/?format=json
    R Package

    # Download here

    library(ConceptLibraryClient)


    # Connect to API

    client = ConceptLibraryClient::Connection$new(public=TRUE)


    # Get codelist of Phenotype

    phenotype_codelist = client$phenotypes$get_codelist(
     'PH1933',
     version_id=4492
    )

    Py Package

    # Download here

    from pyconceptlibraryclient import Client


    # Connect to API

    client = Client(public=True)


    # Get codelist of Phenotype

    phenotype_codelist = client.phenotypes.get_codelist(
     'PH1933',
     version_id=4492
    )

  7. Version History

    Version IDNameOwnerPublish date
    Anti-seizure medications (ASMS) (also referred to as: anti-epileptic medication/ epilepsy drugs) kathryn.bush2025-11-18 17:17