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Med question
Wed, 01/13/2016 - 07:57Hi all.
I'm new here. When I was a child, I was on trilpetal and dilantin in two separate instances a few years apart. Reacted to both with increased seizures and a severe, painful rash. Was put on lamictal a few years back for mood disorder after being off all anti-seizure meds for years (been 10 years without one as far as any of us know, haven't been monitored closely cause the grand mals stopped) I didn't realize just how severe my reaction to the two meds mentioned previously was until consulting with my mother, and through my own research found multiple sources citing the same "death rash" risk increase with all 3 meds. So, my question is, since I seem to have a history of the severe rash, despite using lamictal with much success and no symptoms of rash, is there any reason that I should be concerned or should be switching medications? It really made me angry to see that my previous doc put me on this without mentioning that I had history of the bad rash with other meds in the same class... Would much appreciate any possible info that could be given.
With any doctor you need to
Submitted by just_joe on Wed, 2016-01-13 - 13:30
With any doctor you need to discuss side effects you have had and which medications they came from. All of my doctors know all of the medication I take. The reason for that is some medications can counter others and if I need a medication for some illness they will know the meds used so they will prescribe a medication that will not affect the meds I take. That list also includes over the counter medications. I talked to my PCP because I had heard about a medication that could help a person stop smoking. He would not prescribe it. I asked why. He told me it could cause seizures in seizure prone people. Well a person with epilepsy is seizure prone so he was watching out for me.