Coroner finds no link between epilepsy deaths and medication change
Andre Maddock with partner Nadia Jooste and their then 18-month-old son Lucas. Photo: Supplied. Judge Deborah Marshall was not able to confirm a switch to the lamotrigine brand Logem caused the deaths, although could not rule it out as a background factor for two of them. As such no recommendations were made. Arabella Gubay, a patient advocate whose daughter has epilepsy, was furious. "Im absolutely shocked and heartbroken that the coroner was looking for 100 percent certainty that the brand s...
Source: rnz.co.nz