Phenytoin sodium is a commonly used antiepileptic. Phenytoin (f& number 339 nit'oin, IPA) acts to suppress the abnormal brain activity seen in seizure by reducing electrical conductance among brain cells by stabilizing the inactive state of voltage-gated sodium channels. Aside from seizures, ...
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...am not on Epilim but surely constant ...medication, depending on the type of epilepsy your child is having. I currently take Carbamazapine and Phenytoin which appears to control my epilepsy, but...
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...Epanutin, Phenytoin, and probably a few others. I eventually was put on Carbamazapine and Phenytoin and requested they ...on Carbamazapine and Phenytoin for many years, had epilepsy for 39 years...
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I am on 400mg phenytoin per day and 1800mg sodium ...My question is this, my phenytoin levels are rising and i...
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I was on phenytoin about 2yrs ago for 5yrs and it worked great at controlling my seizures, but I was having 5-10 gran mal seizures ...every had any trouble with phenytoin was when my levels were...
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I was on phenytoin for approximately 6 months after my injury, I had two seizures at the time of the injury and since I hadn't had any seizures during that time,...
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I've recently been moved on to a new medication phenytoin/epanutin and it is making ...zarontin syrup. The nausea is just ...they've upped my phenytoin dose from 350-3...
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...drink when taking dilantin ...i had two large subdural empyema removed with burrholes last year. since then i have been taking dilantin phenytoin for ongoing seizures, everytime i drink i...
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My wife is getting lamictal,phenytoin,lamotrigine and neurontin for her alzheimers. do any interact?
There are interactions between these medicines and the patient and therapy should...
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Joy is on Oxcarbazepine as well as Phenytoin and Epilim. The Oxcarbazepine causes her to be nauseus and vomit at times so she is only ...much but when we tried to withdraw it the seizures started...
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Hi, I have had epilepsy for 39 years now ...months seizure free. I had several seizures at the onset of ...tried many medications. Finally, I am on Carbamazapine and Phenytoin which I have been ...
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