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Can my seizure medicines be tapered off?

2017-08-11 00:40:31
-ganglioglioma brain tumor surgery in 2004 -seizure episodes at night while sleeping (around 1 or 2 every year) till 2010. -one seizure in 2012. -In 2014, doctors decided to taper off valparin, 100mg each month. - Had a relapse and had a seizure in 2015, again started medicines. -Can my medicines be tapered off now? -EEG normal, MRI normal
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Answered2017-08-11 08:12:34

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