The strategy for weaning from drugs is complex, and needs to be planned in detail with your doctor. The process of weaning is particularly important in relationship to the ketogenic diet and needs to be planned in detail with your doctor. Some anti epileptic drugs interact with the diet and should be withdrawn before the start of the diet; the effect of others may be amplified by the use of the diet, so that the levels need to be cut, and there is the overall strategy for reducing or eliminating drugs as the diet becomes effective. 

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(issue 1: 18 September 1997)