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Study eyes use of generic drugs for epilepsy
Quick ReadHealth officials say that epilepsy, a seizure disorder that afflicts about 3 million nationwide, can be especially challenging to treat.
Photo credit: Charles Eckert | Dr. Alan Ettinger and his epilepsy patient, Thia Moore.
Treating epilepsy with generic drugs is a problem for patient
A blow to her head 20 years ago during a mugging left Thia Moore of Huntington with epilepsy. Until the state began picking up her drug costs, she had been paying $1,200 a month out of pocket for brand-name drugs that kept her seizure-free.
But when the 47-year-old theater student switched to a cheaper generic version of the anticonvulsant drug Keppra this spring to save money, she had a seizure...
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