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A member asked:
If you did not need dilantin for seizures wouldnt te levels be high all the time instead of low, i had 2 seizures 14 years ago and level always 3.4?
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Complicated: Drugs used for seizure prevention are best used in sufficient dosages to put a patient into a therapeutic range to best protect against future seizures. Your level seems too low, but the medicine, nonetheless, is likely helping. Talk to your neurologist as to what should be done to optimize your treatment.
Answered 9/8/2012
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Not related: Blood levels are not a factor of need for the medication only of the manner in which your body metabolizes the medication. A blood level is the result of a steady state with the body absorbing the medication and then eliminating it at a given rate that allows for a specific level in the blood. Higher amount absorbed at same elimination raises the level.
Answered 9/28/2016
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What are some signs that you no longer need Dilantin I have been on is 14 years seizure free with levels only at 3.1 dr says stop but im scared?
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Does the longer going without a seizure mean you are going to have one soon its been 15 years since my last Dilantin level always been 3.2 no higher?
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I have been taking Dilantin for 14 years after having 1 seizure my levels are only 3.1 my dr switched to topamax (topiramate) said i can dtop Dilantin is this ok?
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If I have been seizure free on 2.3 level of Dilantin for 15 years what are the odds of me having another seizure had 2 in sleep when i was 16?
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If I stop Dilantin and start topomax will I have a seizure. Dilantin levels only 3.1 seizure free for 14 years can I take them both together ?
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