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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!
Katie my son's been on etho
Submitted by Maggie_58e463fbbe482 on Tue, 2017-04-04 - 23:26
Katie my son's been on etho for alittle over 2 months now and it's helped with the seizures, but we're dealing with tummy aches, bloating, lack of appetite and catching ever cold there is....we're going in for a blood test next week. But I had an idea for you.....my son has behavior issues due to dyes in food. We discovered it a couple years ago. I had to have the ethosuximide made at compounding pharmacy where they don't add any dyes. When my son has alot of red dye he gets Very agitated and aggressive and fixated on things. It's literally like someone flipped a switch on him, he's a totally different kid. We're very watchfull on how much dyes he consumes. We do let him have some here and there, but you can Definitely tell when he's had too much! Anyways, I know from research that the liquid and capsule ethosuximide has dyes in it. It may be something worth looking into. Good luck and God bless!