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Absence seizures
Wed, 11/04/2015 - 05:43Hello Everyone
My 5 year old son has been diagnosed with absence seizures
Doctor had prescribed Depakene for him where we found that seizures had increased
when we went to doctor she then prescribed new med Keprra & she said we will have to gradually decrese depakene & increase Kepra
so from past was giving him both kepra n depakene but he still has the seizures
from today he will only on kepra 1.8ml morning n evening
How long will it take for the seizures to reduce???
Thanks Guys
Amy when a medication is
Submitted by just_joe on Thu, 2015-11-05 - 15:14
Amy when a medication is created for a certain type of seizure or epilepsy and is approved it can be put on the market. The testing doesn't stop there. It is then tested for other seizures. It is also tested to see which medications it can be coupled with. The testing can go on for years after the medication goes on the market. I have been in many drug tests for newer medications with fewer side effects. .