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ibuprofen as a seizure trigger?

Sun, 07/25/2010 - 22:45

Topic: Medication Issues

Hello!

I have recently switched over to Tegretol controlled release meds after I found Tegretol normal was not preventing complex partial seizures (a mild kind of seizure but still v scary!)

The Tegretol CR meds seemed to be working incredibly well and I was feeling v in control. Hurrah!

However, the other day though I took some Nurofen (ibuprofen) for some period pain (I hardly ever take Nurofen but couldn't find my normal medication). A few hours later, I experienced another cp seizure which resulted in me muddling up my medication for the day. This resulted in two more cp seizures the next day.

My question to the My Epilepsy community is: has anyone else experienced seizures after taking ibuprofen?? Is ibuprofen a seizure trigger?? The internet couldn't tell me much about this and a pharmacist I asked said ibuprofen was usually safe for epileptics.

But it would be wonderful to know there was a real 'reason' behind these recent seizures and that they weren't just happening horridly randomly, particularly after feeling so great on Tegretol CR and FINALLY being able to drive again!!

Any thoughts people??

Thanks in advance

"Feeling anxious"

Comments

Re: ibuprofen as a seizure trigger?

Submitted by capecoral28 on Mon, 2010-07-26 - 06:50

For me..after I have a grand mal seizure I get very bad headachs and I have to take ibuprofen 800 rx to knock it out... nothing else touches the pain.

Btw it was Advil pm that

Submitted by ehickman on Fri, 2017-12-01 - 16:14

Btw it was Advil pm that because of a headache and trouble sleeping.

I'm really feeling confused

Submitted by hnypot on Wed, 2017-12-13 - 18:40

I'm really feeling confused in relations to this thread .... Are "we" saying Ibuprofen could be what is triggering seizures? Because I had searched for the opposite of this question, when I found this topic... I was asking can Ibuprofen stop a seizure from occurring. My experience, First: I'm not sure if it's a warning sign a seizure is coming, if it's a simple seizure in progress, OR if it's migraine related ... But I have been congested in my sinuses and ringing in my ears for almost a full month... and this past 2 weeks, I have been getting VERY frequent visual auras (the ones that look like a geometric pattern in black and white or very rainbow colored squiggly lines)... As soon as I see the aura starting, I take 600-800 mg of ibuprofen and the auras stop and then it's usually followed up by a dull headache for a few hours. The reason I was originally searching the question I wanted info on... was because I am trying to convince my doctor that I don't need to be on the antiseizure meds anymore.. that my auras are migraine associated and not a warning for an approaching seizure. Any thoughts on either of these topics would be greatful ?

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