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Topic: Medication Issues

Dilantin

04/2019 | 4 Comments

Anybody here still takes Dilantin?
Tegratol Carbamazepine manufacture

04/2019 | 1 Comments

I have been taking Carbamazepine for many years and the Apotex manufacturer has stopped producing it. I have had problems with some generic brands of...
Medication Shortage

04/2019 | 2 Comments

Hi Everyone, I was just wondering if anyone else experiences what seems like constant back order of medication? I feel like this is happening every...
Prescription interaction

04/2019 | 0 Comments

My daughter is on zonisamide 100mg 2xday for JME and has been for about 3 months, she has a skin issue and was prescribed methylprednisolone by the...
Tegretol, Epilim or Keppra

03/2019 | 6 Comments

Hi all, after a few breakthrough seizures on reasonably high doses of Tegretol, my neurologist has suggested it might be time to give something else a...
Vimpat causing delusions?

03/2019 | 2 Comments

My husband first started having seziures when he was 15 and has been on depakote in differing doses up until August of 2018. He was 32 at the time...
medication

03/2019 | 3 Comments

Hi, I haven't been on here before, but needing some advice pls I was diagnosed with a brain tumour 9yrs ago-which is when my epilepsy kicked off! I...
Lamictal and Ear Rininging

03/2019 | 4 Comments

I started Lamictal about 10 weeks ago slowly tapering on. About last week I noticed ear ringing and now it is constant and loud. Anyone else have this...
Nothing seems to work for us

03/2019 | 3 Comments

My daughter is 6 now and has been having tonic clonic seisures since 6 months was orginally diagnosed as infantile spasms but have long movedn on from...
CLOBAZAM MAKES ME SO SLEEPY

03/2019 | 2 Comments

I'm a 17 year old girl, 4'10, and 105 lbs. I'm on 225 mgs of lamictal twice a day, 600 mgs of zonengran twice a day, and 10 mgs of clobazam twice a...
CLOBAZAM MAKES ME SO SLEEPY

03/2019 | 0 Comments

I'm a 17 year old girl, 4'10, and 105 lbs. I'm on 225 mgs of lamictal twice a day, 600 mgs of zonengran twice a day, and 10 mgs of clobazam twice a...
Med changes for my son aren't working

03/2019 | 4 Comments

Hi - My 14yr old son has been having seizures recently. The neurologist changed his meds as he was having them more regularly. Now he is having...
Lots of meds, lots of side effects

03/2019 | 2 Comments

I'll try to make this short. I take tons of of medication: 3000mg Keppra, 200mgs of topiramate, 800mg of Aptiom plus 50mgs of amitriptyline for pain...
Epilepsy from right temporal

03/2019 | 0 Comments

Hi I want best Dr available for epilepsy in Mumbai for my father who has effectively treated pateints

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