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600mg of dilantin .....anybody on this much??
Fri, 11/16/2012 - 18:21Topic: New to Epilepsy.com
when I left the hopspital I was on 300mg of dilantin..... 3 weeks later they upped it to 400mg after my follow up appt..... now they just upped me to 600mg per day..... i was on 300mg per day when I was younger..... to make matters worse I have about 5-7 days of insomnia and headaches after they up the doseage.... I know that 300-500mg per day is common for most people.... a dose this big is starting to worry me about how bad my seizure disorder is and about possible damage to my liver... i was wondering if anybody on here is taking a larger than normal dose of dilantin and what side effect they may be having
Re: 600mg of dilantin .....anybody on this much??
Submitted by junkyarddog71 on Tue, 2012-12-04 - 14:31
now I am on 800mg.... hopefully they wont have to increase it anymore as I am unable to sleep for about a week after they increase my dose