What do systematic reviews say?

Immediate treatment vs controls

Immediate treatment leads to higher five‐year immediate remission after randomisation compared with controls (high certainty).

• Immediate antiepileptic drug treatment, versus placebo, deferred, or no treatment for first unprovoked seizure 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 1.25 [1.02, 1.54]
  2 studies · 1212 participants
  High