Dilantin in pregnancy

Common Questions and Answers about Dilantin in pregnancy

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Avatar f tn Taking Dilantin in early pregnancy may lead to birth defects but they are relatively uncommon. The various defects which may occur are growth delay, limb abnormalities, facial defects; mental retardation etc. Inform your gynecologist about your delayed periods. Take up urine pregnancy test. If you are pregnant your doctor may gradually decrease the dose and stop it and may prescribe an alternative anti seizure medicine which is safe during pregnancy.
Avatar f tn Overall, there are reports for and against Lamotrigine in pregnancy. The treatment has to be individualized for each patient. You will need a regular monitoring of the fetal growth.
Avatar f tn Dilantin Withdrawal Symptoms The most significant Dilantin withdrawal symptom is a seizure. Suddenly stopping Dilantin can increase your risk of seizures These seizures can be especially severe and very difficult to control. Anxiety, sleeplessness, feeling cold, anger, seeing dead people in sleep, nausea, little appetite, shakineness are usually not due to the withdrawl of dilantin.Reduce your dose gradually to avoid seizures. Limiting Dilantin Withdrawal Refer http://epilepsy.emedtv.
Avatar m tn I just started 450mg a day of dilantin ( to be weened down to none in four weeks) and 25 mgs of topomax to be increased to 100 mgs for the rest of my life, I guess. ( for a siezure) I am a DIFFERENT person........... VERY depressed, tired, in a fog, eye sight seems to...
Avatar f tn can 20 years on dilantin after one seizure, then a stroke with no speech, cause terrible sideeffects?
Avatar n tn Hi Jerry, I am taking the new dilantin. I have done my research, and (unfortunately) know about all the problems some people are having with it. I take 300mg. per day, and since I had about a 2-month supply of the old dilantin, I "phased-in" the new pills. I took 2 old, and 1 new for about a month, then 2 new and 1 old, and am now on 3 new dilantin 100mg. every day. I have been on this for about 2 weeks, and I have not had any problem at all.
Avatar n tn 3 and they gave him a loading dose of 500mg. PO of dilantin, and 500mg. IV Dilantin. He is very regimented taking his Dilantin and does not miss doses. And told him to take 400mgs. today. I have a call in to our family Dr. and waiting for a return. We were being seen by a Neurologist, but she abruptly cancelled my husbands January appt. and said she was leaving town for a month, and did not refer us to any other Dr. so we saw the family Dr. who is prescribing.
Avatar f tn Since last August I have had two surgeries, including a total hysterectomy. In October 2008 my Dilantin level was 19.9. In January 2009, I was diagnosed as severely deficient in Vitamin D (D2 was less than 4; D3 was 8). In February 2008, I started having some "spells" that weren't quite seizures but did feel like I was going to faint but I didn't. I felt like the bottom just totally dropped out of my energy and it happened quickly. I would have several of these a week.
Avatar n tn Two meta-analyses (an analytic study combining the results of several clinical trials) done by Sirven, et al (2004) and Tremont-Lukats, et al (2008) showed no benefit to giving anti-epileptic drugs in general, and Dilantin in particular, to patients with brain tumors in order to prevent an initial seizure. Your husband may have an option not to take Dilantin since there's no difference in outcome. You can check out the articles yourself: www.mayoclinicproceedings.
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Avatar f tn 2 and I take the correct dosage my doctor prescribed of 400 MG a day. 200 in the morning and 200 at night. My doctor thinks I am not taking my Dilantin and I cannot convince him otherwise!!! I don't know what to do or where to find any information about it. Would appreciate any information, please.
1252074 tn?1271541709 While I cannot speak to the Dilantin, it does sound to me you should give this Dr. a chance to get your seizures in order and go from there. Thanks for joining us!
Avatar f tn Hi, My boyfriend had his first tonic clonic seizure at 29 years old. It happened at 4:30am. He had no recollection of it, he went to the ER, they gave him a series of blood tests and a cat scan and everything came up normal. He was referred to a neurologist who suggested an MRI and EEG. Unfortunately, he has no med insurance and couldn't get the tests without paying up front. 1 month later he had another one.
Avatar n tn Google Dilantin side effects and Dilantin withdrawal.
327385 tn?1378360731 im hoping to get off dilantin completly in a couple months.
Avatar f tn i just started taking dilantin and im 4 weeks late for my peiod and not pregnant
Avatar m tn Shrinkage of Cerebellum and osteoporosis have both just been confirmed in me due to long term Dilantin use :( Please don't take this med - I'm also suffering from long term mem loss, which dr. says is another side effect.
Avatar f tn I am on 500mg Dilantin daily as a seizure maintenance drug which works fine. I'm also on 100mg topomax daily as a migraine maintenance drug. I've run out of my Dilantin and want to know how many topomax would be the equivalent temporary substitution for Dilantin?
1808278 tn?1338484942 I watched South Pacific last night and just could not stop crying. These years of taking Dilantin and Vimpat have seriously impacted my marriage, and i just cannot get hub to speak to me in the voice I am accustomed to hearing.He is sooooo impatient! So demanding! So judgmental! We married when I was already a head injured person: if I divorce, I will get half of what we/he has, but that is not the deal I signed on for. I love him and am also very dependent on him.
Avatar m tn My husband has is dilantin very low and I was wondering if he can increase his medication to 200 mg.I was also wondering why does that keep happening and what is the side effects for the dilantin.
Avatar f tn I have been on dilantin since 1990. In July of 08 I began to get hives. At first at first maybe once a week, in September every night between 5pm and 8pm the hives would emerge.By October, I started getting them all the time. By November the hives had consumed my entire life.Everyday, All the time no relief. went to my doctor several times. She told me that there was nothing she could do for me. I have been in the Emergency room many many times hoping for relief.
Avatar n tn Inez, hi, I have been on dilantin for about 10 years. Why are you thinking of changing? Is there some kind of interaction or something?
Avatar f tn I've been taking Dilantin for sleep seizures for 43 years. No problems before, but recently I'm having trouble making any decisions and I'm getting scatter-brained. What are the long-term effects of Dilantin?
Avatar m tn The more common symptoms would be headache, vision changes (visual field deficit) and in some cases seizures. Dilantin can certainly cause dizziness, and the sensation that the eyes are moving (what is termed nystagmus) but the levels of dilantin typically go down after days of stopping the medication. It is possible that the symptoms are the side effects of other medications, such as other seizure medications if any are being taken.
Avatar f tn and at night waking up in places I did not fall asleep in not knowing how I got there. (Went to bed in my room and woke up in the living room in a chair) Also a funny whooshing in my head/ears. Called my new neurologist and had a level drawn. for the last 15 years they have never been able to get my level up to thereputic levels. I have always felt good and been well controlled at somewhere between a 3 and a 5.
1808278 tn?1338484942 One year into Dilantin and I have to have four front teeth pulled. Previously healthy. Gums are in good order as I brush them 5x daily.
Avatar f tn I developed seizures suddenly at age 42 in 1991. Dx: complex partial seizure due to left temporal lobe injury (car accident in 1966). I didn't stabilize on Dilantin until Diamox was added. I was perimenopausal at the time. Last fall I had two gynecological surgeries, including a complete hysterectomy. 1/2009 I was diagnosed as severely Vitamin D deficient (D2 was <4 and D3 was 8) and put on massive dose (50,000 units per week for 8 weeks.