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Tegretol XR Warning
Fri, 06/26/2009 - 14:01Hi everyone. I have been on Tegretol XR for quite a while now but always wondered about a warning that it has. It says to avoid illness on this medication. Okay, so none of ever plan on getting sick so I don't know how we are supposed to avoid it! LOL
My questions is does anyone know why they give this warning? Does illness effect its effectiveness? Or, does it lower your immunity against illness? I've always wondered about this.
I thought what better time to ask than now as I just landed in the ER yesterday because of the flu. I didn't want to ask the ER doc (um, okay I admit it-- I didn't want to tell him I had a seizure) but I have never been hit so hard by the flu ever in my life as I was in the wee hours of yesterday.
So I am just wondering did I have the seizure because I was sick, or did I get <so> sick because of the medication? Or, both?
Thanks to anyone that has any info on this!!
Re: Tegretol XR Warning
Submitted by Believe on Sun, 2009-06-28 - 12:12
Wow, thanks for that info too! This isn't the first time my sodium has been low and I've had to have IVs but no one ever told me that the medication can make you lose sodium! I will definitely start to watch this!
"Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action." - Gandhi
Wow, thanks for that info too! This isn't the first time my sodium has been low and I've had to have IVs but no one ever told me that the medication can make you lose sodium! I will definitely start to watch this!
"Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action." - Gandhi