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epilepsy medicines
Fri, 10/10/2014 - 05:33I have almost all my life as suffer from epilepsy on diagnose (seizure tonico-clonic)!At first I have used one simple medicament called( luminal),and then after more years I started to use tegredol (carbamzepine)!I decided one day to ask my personal doctor to add a new medicament,called topiramate(topamax)!But I did'nt know as what bad sidde-effects has that medicament,like to be more nervous,drymouth,problem with speaking etc!But the most important is combination of that medicines both on same time!The leaflets describes the lists of medicines as should not be combinated with each others for exp one alternative when topmax+carbamazepine= was the <low plasma concetration> or more alternatives!Please reply me doctor so I don't know what kind of medicines should I use!Thnx