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Zonegran and kidney stones
Mon, 12/05/2016 - 09:34Topic: Medication Issues
I've been on 400 mg Zonegran since 2010. In February of 2016, I had my first experience with kidney stones. After a failed round of Flomax to break up the two stones, I had to have lithotripsy the following month. Each time the stones form, I find myself in the ER with searing pain from which I black out, and violent vomiting, both of which require intravenous administration of Morphine and Zofran. It happened again in September, and again this past weekend. My urologist has found that I have high uric acid content, and we've narrowed it down to a side effect of Zonegran. I'm currently experiencing my fifth stone since February, and facing another lithotripsy. Has anyone else who takes a high dose of Zonegran as an add on for partial seizures had this happen?