Move to free up anti-epileptic prescribing

A call from neurologists for drug funding to align with 'best practice' has been heeded by the PBAC
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PBS restrictions on anti-epileptic drugs that neurologists have warned are unsafe for women of childbearing age are finally on track to be updated.

The antiseizure agents levetiracetam and lamotrigine are funded only for patients whose epilepsy is not controlled on first-line therapies such as valproate.