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Any Briviact experiences to share?

Epilepsy & Seizures | Last Active: 3 hours ago | Replies (83)
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@louissc
Good Morning Louis!
I tried searching online for more information about integrating Western medicine and TCM in epilepsy treatment — hoping to share something useful with my neurologist here in São Paulo, who is of Taiwanese descent — but couldn't find much that was concrete or well-documented.
Did NTUH provide you with any materials or resources about their integrative approach? And would you be comfortable sharing the name of the doctor treating you there?
Thank you!
Chris

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louissc | @louissc | Apr 30 10:49pm

@santosha

Hi Chris,

I haven't started anything significant with them as of today, and my first consultation with them was brief. It's like a "get-to-know-you" session. They merely prescribed me half a month of Briviact to start the ball rolling, Yeah I know it's not enough. My current specialist helped me get 3 more months of that. It's not one medication commonly used here, and it's not readily available like Topamax. The international patient centre (IPC) just contacted me last week to do scans over at their side. I didn't tell them too much besides showing them my current prescription, as I wanted them to draw their own conclusion my condition. I hope future sessions, if I am to decide to consult them for the long run, will be better organized.

I guess there won't be anything concrete being documented in English. Is your neurologist fluent in Chinese? Nothing had been given to me by NTUH and the topic of integrating TCM wasn't discussed then due to time constraint. That's one thing I will like to bring up during my next visit.

Cheers,
Louis

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