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My 12 old son is on epilim for epilepsy and he has become aggressive attention seeking and threatening could some of this be side affects to eplilim ?

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From where?: This is not in the american formulary. What is the generic name? Any med with too much side effect should be changed to another with adequate benefit and minimal side effect.

Answered 8/29/2012

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