27 May 2019 - PHARMAC is making 10,000 people with epilepsy change medication even though Medsafe opposed the move. Guyon Espiner asks why the drug-buying agency carries out up to 60 drug switches a year.

Sophie Cooper fears she is about to lose her 4-year-old again. She can see days ahead where Maddie Cooper* won't be able to walk or talk, where she disappears into a life of seizures.

It has happened before when epilepsy gripped Maddie's brain and body. "It was every parent's worst nightmare. We just felt like we lost our little girl," Sophie says.

Last year, Maddie was prescribed anti-epileptic drug Lamictal and the nightmare ended.

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