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Now, many patients are already on one drug and we add a second drug on with the hope of getting them to monotherapy with the second drug.
The new drug is then doing well, I try to slowly taper the other drug off. To, in other words, convert the patient to monotherapy.
ANNOUNCER: However for some patients, a cocktail of more than one drug is the answer.
WILLIAM ROSENFELD, MD: I think the days of being on three-, four-, five-drug therapy should clearly be over or lessened. But there are some patients that simply need two drugs to control their epilepsy, and in a few rare cases, more than that.
ANNOUNCER: Decreasing side effects without losing effectiveness is important to people with epilepsy. Now that, plus the goal of freedom from seizures seems more attainable than ever.
BLANCA VAZQUEZ, MD: When we simplify the regimen, we use one drug in monotherapy, the side effects are better, better tolerated, less complex in terms of interaction. With the new drugs, we believe strongly that the best advantage is cognition. Patients feel better. They're more able to understand; they're more able to function and work and be able to lead the quality of life that we aim for.
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