DL. Gilbert, PL. Pyzik, EP. Vining and JM. Freeman (1999). Medication cost reduction in children on the ketogenic diet: data from a prospective study. Journal of child neurology, 14(7), 469-71. https://doi.org/10.1177/088307389901400712

PubMed 10573471

[Abstract]
In a prospective study of the efficacy of the ketogenic diet in children with severe, refractory epilepsy, data were collected on medication changes over 1 year. Cost reductions in medications were calculated over the first year and estimated for a second year. Fifty-seven percent of the children stayed on the diet for 1 year, and 74% of these children had their number of medications reduced. Forty-eight percent of children who stayed on the diet were on no medications at 12 months follow-up. Daily medication costs were reduced by nearly 70%.