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toxic dilantin level
Mon, 11/03/2008 - 18:57Hi to everyone, I had a dilantin level surge up to 60.4, has anyone had a level that just surged this high before? I felt i was insane and no one could tell around me that i was out of this world, felt like i was living a bad dream. I can not think straight and it's been over a month since this happened. I take 400mg a night.
david
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Re: toxic dilantin level
Submitted by shaff on Thu, 2008-11-06 - 17:43
thanks for your response, i am taking half orange and white now and the ones i use to take not long ago just had the orange strip in the center. They put me in the hospital for 5 days and did a lumbar pucture, mri and an eeg which all came back negative along with blood test except for the dilantin level test being high. they could have asked me about the new pills and i don't know what i would have answered in that state i was in.
thanks david
thanks for your response, i am taking half orange and white now and the ones i use to take not long ago just had the orange strip in the center. They put me in the hospital for 5 days and did a lumbar pucture, mri and an eeg which all came back negative along with blood test except for the dilantin level test being high. they could have asked me about the new pills and i don't know what i would have answered in that state i was in.
thanks david
Re: toxic dilantin level
Submitted by babzy on Fri, 2008-11-07 - 15:10
hi, If its any consolation i too had an increased dilantin level beyond my normal elevation of 20..the only differences i made was switching to the half orange\white band..and purchasing meds through the mail. other than that i cant figure out why i keep going up unless its the chemical compounds of the newer dilantin.. good luck .babzy
hi, If its any consolation i too had an increased dilantin level beyond my normal elevation of 20..the only differences i made was switching to the half orange\white band..and purchasing meds through the mail. other than that i cant figure out why i keep going up unless its the chemical compounds of the newer dilantin.. good luck .babzy
Re: toxic dilantin level
Submitted by loveslight57 on Thu, 2008-11-06 - 12:58
Hi
Do you use the Pzifer Park Davis dilantin. If so have you switched to the new formulation recently.
Half orange/half white capsule? I became toxic after doing.
Hi
Do you use the Pzifer Park Davis dilantin. If so have you switched to the new formulation recently.
Half orange/half white capsule? I became toxic after doing.