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MHLW to Ease Uniform Driving Restrictions on Oral Antiepileptics
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) plans to allow labeling revisions for five oral antiepileptic drug ingredients to remove the current blanket precautions that restrict patients on the medicines from driving or operating potentially dangerous machinery. The plan…
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