These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. The study is available on the Neurology journal website. They added that epilepsy medicines were the second most expensive medicines prescribed by neurologists. The study authors said previous studies have shown that medicines are the most expensive part of neurology care. The study authors found that many common brand-name epilepsy medicines cost 10 times more than the generic versions. The cost of brand-name epilepsy medicines increased more than two-and-a-half times (277%) from 2010 to 2018, while generic epilepsy medicine reduced in price by two-fifths (42%) in that time. The researchers found that in 2018, brand name epilepsy medicines accounted for nearly four fifths (79%) of the cost of epilepsy medicines, but less than one fifth (14%) of prescriptions. Brand name medicines, older medicines, and those that stimulate the production of proteins called enzymes, all reduced over the time period. In 2008, phenytoin was the most common epilepsy medicine prescribed. There were between 77,000 and 133,000 people with epilepsy included a year. The team looked at a sample of people in the US health insurance programme Medicare. Researchers Samuel Terman and colleagues set out to better understand the trends in epilepsy medicine prescriptions and costs from 2008-2018.
The cost of brand-name epilepsy medicines has increased more than two-and-a-half times between 20, according to a new US study from the journal Neurology.
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