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Does anyone have experience with the ketogenic diet for epilepsy? if so do medications become more potent on the diet?
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No: Ketogenic diet was introduced long before current antiepiletic drugs became available. Ketogenic diet works well for some individuals with intractable epilepsy allowing tapering down the AED they have been on.
Answered 6/10/2014
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