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Topic: Medication Issues

is there a medicine that is going to work

07/2004 | 2 Comments

i have been taking tegretol for about 3 months but it has no affect on the sezures i have i have also tried topomax and dilantin and lactimal and none...
Depression/Anxiety med suggestions

07/2004 | 8 Comments

Hello all. I am currently taking 600mg/day of Carbatrol. I am battling depression and anxiety to the point where I cannot work, can barely leave my...
Tegretol Brand Vs. Generic

06/2004 | 3 Comments

When I originally started taking Tegretol, my (now retired) doctor told me it was important to take the brand and not the generic...that they were not...
Tremors

06/2004 | 7 Comments

I am taking 1,000 mg Depakote ER and 400 - 500 mg Dilantin daily. The last seizure was 4/20/04 (which was when they increased my Depakote ER from 500...
depakote and pregnancy

06/2004 | 9 Comments

Hi, I am in need of help if anyone is in the same situation.I am currently taking 1000mg of Depakote for my clonic seizures.I want to have a baby.Has...
Being new to Epilepsy...

05/2004 | 10 Comments

Hi, my name is Stef and I'm 28. Since I'm new to the notion of having epilepsy and that I only started taking 300mg/day of DILANTIN a few days ago, I...
Felbatol

05/2004 | 6 Comments

Does anyone have experience with taking Felbatol? I was taking Dilantin and Depakote for about 18 yrs. when my system began to no longer absorb the...
Dilantin & Depakote

05/2004 | 7 Comments

Sorry, I haven't heard of Felbatol. I am now taking Dilantin (400 mg one night, 500 mg the next night) and 1000 mg of Depakote ER each night. They...
Seizure Medication

04/2004 | 5 Comments

My nephew had his first seizure at 6 months. The doctor put him on Tegratol (sp?). Then he had a few more seizures within a one-week span and the...
One other thing about Dilantin

04/2004 | 9 Comments

I have been told by physicians and pharmacists that generic Dilantin does not work as well as the name brand. So insist on name brand Dilantin.
Keppra and pain

04/2004 | 0 Comments

Hi there people I have been taking keppra for a good 6 months now and it is a good drug. The problem is I get a bad pain in the legs and the oppisite...
Depakote and Thyroid

04/2004 | 2 Comments

Hello first of all,I have diagnosed with epilepsy since i was 18 now i am 21. When i was first diagnosed i was not given any information anything that...
Getting cut off of tegertol

04/2004 | 1 Comments

Hi there people I am getting cut off of tegertol. I am taking topamax and 100mg and keppra 1000mg and it has been great. I only have a 200mg of...
Cost of Carbatrol

03/2004 | 1 Comments

Hey all...I lost my job (and thus my insurance as I couldn't afford COBRA), so I am on a "discount service" health plan. I've since become employed...
Coenzyme Q10

01/2004 | 2 Comments

Hi,I've had epilepsy all of my life, but I wasn't diagnosed until I was four. I had petit mal until I was 18. Now I have complex partial seisures...
pregabalin

01/2004 | 4 Comments

My husband's specialist wants to trial him on this drug. I have no peace about it, just as I did not about Topomax. Which turned out to be very toxic...
Lamictal

01/2004 | 4 Comments

I am a 35 year old women with one healthy child. I have been taking dilantin since 1997. I took it for two years in 1990 and was weaned off. Then in...

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