4 months ago, my son had head injury due
to accident . Altough he is recovered
from physical injuries, his coginitive is
not recovered yet. His neuro doctor
prescribed phenytoin sod 200mg a day as he
suspect seizure. My concern is that I
don't think my son has a seizure. I also
found phenytoin has many adverse effects.
Is phenytoin sod has high risk when it
given to a patient who doesn't has
seizure? I'm reallly concern. I hope
somebody will answer my question.
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kayakmom
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Posted: 02-24-06 08:49am
I am so sorry that your son had such an
injury and is still having problems. I
have read that giving propholactic anti
seizure meds after head injury is not
uncommon. Did the doctor run an eeg to
see if there is abnormal activity to
support the idea he is having seizures?
If the cognitive problems are things like
memory, that is also pretty common post
concussion and might get better in time on
its own.
If you do not feel that you agree with
this doctor or want to make sure it is the
best treatment, get a second opinion.
I hope your son starts to do much better
very soon.
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shelbe
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Hi Posted: 02-25-06 07:23am
Hi there.I started having siezures 6 years
ago,after I gave birth to my daughter.I
was pescribed a load of drugs,1 including
phenytoin.I have never been diagnosed as
epileptic but I have taken many aed's.
Recently I have started to see a new
neuro.He has started to change my
meds.Something he is desperate to do is
get me off the phenytoin.I am on 300mg a
night.The begining of last month I tried
to reduce it,100mg a time.For 3 weeks I
was fine but then I started to have some
really bad siezures,2 a night.As a result
I am back up to 300mg phenytoin.My neuro
thinks I have reacted so bad because I
have been on this drug for so long.It is
very addictive,therefor very hard to stop
taking.The thought is there that my body
has got used to taking a bunch of drugs it
doesn't really need.
I'm sorry if this isn't what you wanted to
hear and I suppose every individual is
different.But what I have learned is that
phenytoin is a dangerous drug in the long
run.
Good luck.
