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Ethosuximide treatment
Tue, 01/06/2009 - 18:24I am writing hoping to find out a bit more about the treatment of Ethosuximide. My 7 year old Son was diagnosed 1 month ago with Childhood Absence Seizures. His Neurologist started him on 250ml a day of Ethosuximide and after 1 week 250ml twice a day. He is on day 15 and my husband and I have seen a huge decrease in the amount of seizures he has a day but we are still noticing that he is still having them. They seem to last for just a split second and I have noticed that they occur when he is tired. Usually early in the morning or in the evening time. I told his Dr that he was still having them (less frequent) after the first week on medication and she said that was to be expected. So I guess my question is Ethosuximide suppose to stop seizures completely or just decrease the amount that you have a day. Or is it still too soon on the medicine to see a difference? Any answers on this subject will be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
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Re: Ethosuximide treatment
Submitted by Breonna on Tue, 2009-01-27 - 13:20
Re: Ethosuximide treatment
Submitted by DawnMaries on Tue, 2009-01-27 - 16:32
Thank you for your response. I spoke to my Son's Neuro today and she increased his dosage at bedtine to 7.5ml so hopefully that will completely control his sz. She said wait a week and if they still continue then we will up both doses per day to 7.5ml. So I was happy that we are staying on Etho and not switching to something else. How many ml is your daughter currently on? Raymond's Neuro said that we have room to increase even more before switching to another drug. So I was curious how much a child can go up to a day on this particular type of medicine. Thank you again for your reply.
Dawn
Thank you for your response. I spoke to my Son's Neuro today and she increased his dosage at bedtine to 7.5ml so hopefully that will completely control his sz. She said wait a week and if they still continue then we will up both doses per day to 7.5ml. So I was happy that we are staying on Etho and not switching to something else. How many ml is your daughter currently on? Raymond's Neuro said that we have room to increase even more before switching to another drug. So I was curious how much a child can go up to a day on this particular type of medicine. Thank you again for your reply.
Dawn
Re: Ethosuximide treatment
Submitted by jad242006 on Tue, 2009-01-20 - 08:31
Hi -
My 5 year old son just started this medicine 2 weeks ago. He has been going to the bathroom more frequently. I am assuming this is a side effect. I have too noticed him still having some episodes in the morning and at night when he is tired.....He started on 2ml for 7days now he is on 7ml and will increase to the full amount on Friday. Does anyone know the long term effects and if this medicine is not stopping them, then what do you do?? Thanks Jenn
Hi -
My 5 year old son just started this medicine 2 weeks ago. He has been going to the bathroom more frequently. I am assuming this is a side effect. I have too noticed him still having some episodes in the morning and at night when he is tired.....He started on 2ml for 7days now he is on 7ml and will increase to the full amount on Friday. Does anyone know the long term effects and if this medicine is not stopping them, then what do you do?? Thanks Jenn