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Could Jett have been saved? | The Sun |News
Could Jett have been saved?
By EMILY SMITH
US Editor
Published: 07 Jan 2009
JETT Travolta's decision to stop taking anti-seizure medication was a FATAL mistake, some medics claim.
The Travolta's lawyer Michael McDermott said Jett had been prescribed the anti-seizure drug Depakote, but had stopped taking it after it became less effective and following fears of liver damage.
But specialists say he should never have stopped taking it, and should have tried a different anti-seizure drug.
Jett, who suffered fits, was found slumped in a bathroom last Friday at the family’s Bahamas holiday home.
Dr Yousef Mohammad, who has not treated Jett, said: "It is highly dangerous to take a patient off seizure medication.
"The only time we do that is if the patient has been seizure-free for two to three years."
The neurologist and assistant professor at Ohio State Medical Center in Columbus added:
"Depakote can rarely cause liver damage. But there are many alternatives.
"I would switch to Keppra, which is excreted by the kidneys, not the liver and is very safe.
"There are many new medications available...but you do not stop medication."
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