GPs tell inquest they were unaware PHARMAC changed their patients' epilepsy drugs

Radio New Zealand

30 November 2020 - Two GPs caring for patients who died after switching brands of an epilepsy drug say they were not aware of the PHARMAC brand switch when they prescribed the drug for their patients.

The GPs were giving evidence at an inquest which opened today into the role the PHARMAC brand switch had on the deaths of six people, who died after changing brands of an anti-epileptic drug called lamotrigine.

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