25 October 2019 - A woman who fears her daughter's death is linked to a change in her epilepsy medicine is urging vigilance among the 11,000 people being forced to switch drug brands by a PHARMAC cost-saving drive.

Kate Randell* said her 23-year-old daughter Jane Randell* had just bought a house and was about to get married.

Her epilepsy was well-controlled for the past decade but she died suddenly on the morning of 20 September.

Pharmacy records and photographs taken by police investigating Jane's death showed she had switched brands of the anti-epileptic medicine lamotrigine - a practice some researchers believe increases seizure risk.

*Names have been changed

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