7 August 2013 Last updated at 04:37 ET
A new class of drug treatment has been approved for the most common form of epilepsy for sufferers in Wales.
It is thought between 20,000 and 30,000 people in Wales have epilepsy with around 1,500 new cases being diagnosed each year.
The decision by the All Wales Medicines Strategy Group means access to a drug called Fycompa which can help some people control their seizures.
Charity Epilepsy Action said it welcomed new treatments.
Charlotte Lawthom, a consultant neurologist based in Newport and the clinical lead in epilepsy at Aneurin Bevan Health Board, said it was hoped the drug would help around a third of patients whose seizures are not well controlled.
She said: "For those people who have uncontrolled epilepsy, life is difficult.
"There are lots of restrictions, they can't drive and there are safety issues because you can come to major harm on seizures.
"The longer you have been having seizures, the worse things can tend to get.
"The difference about this particular drug is that it acts in a novel place in the brain. That might mean that for some people that is going to be the drug that works much better for them.
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Epilepsy drug approved in Wales