Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Sep 2019
Seizures, driving stand-downs as PHARMAC pulls epilepsy drug funding
30 September 2019 - People with epilepsy say their lives are being turned upside down by seizures after the government drug buying agency, PHARMAC, pulled funding for their medicines in a cost savings drive.
An RNZ investigation has discovered multiple cases of patients having seizures after switching to a generic form of lamotrigine called Logem.
RNZ has also learned that the New Zealand Transport Agency, acting on concerns from MedSafe, is now recommending some patients making the drug switch consider voluntarily standing down from driving for eight weeks.
