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Q: Anti-epileptic drugs

asked by: DoctorQuestion on September 11th, 2008

i asked if i could take steroids if i have epilepsy..........u thought i meant corticosteroids...........i should of distinguished the type i meant.......my fault.........can i take anabolic steroids for weightlifting if i have epilepsy??? i can't find anywhere on the net that u can............and i can't find anywhere that u can............one neurologist said i can........one said i can't..................................... ..................

......i also had a neurologis tell me that i can take this and one neurologist said i can't........wut do u think??????
it's the weightlifting supplement M DROL

Amount per serving:
2a,17a di methyl etiocholan 3-one, 17b-ol 10mg

THANK UUUUUUUU VERY MUCH

JAK SKRILLA

Replies(1)

Dr. Nikola Gjuzelov , MD

replied on September 12th, 2008

Epilepsy Answer A4689

Current medical status: i've had 5 eye surgeries..........a prosthesis in my eye...........one in my head .......to give it natural curve again.......they all turned out good.........my head is curved again and my eye has been brought further forward and is not as sunk in to my head

Current medical treatment: 900 mg of tegrotal xr.............300 mg.........3 X a day. 30 mg of ritalin a day.......20 mg when i wake up and 10 mg in the afternoon

There are no data that Tegretol (carbamazepin) and Ritalin (metilphenidate) can somehow interact with the corticosteroids. So, you can counsalt your GP about taking anabolic steroids together with these anti-epileptic drugs.

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