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Seizure drug
Seizure agents are a kind of brain and nerve drug.
Dr. Jeffrey Pollard reviewed this
23 year experience in ENT and Head and Neck Surgery
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A 22-year old male asked:
I'm AB+. I would like to donate plasma. I'm on anti seizure drugs and don't like the idea of spending hours with a bunch of drug addicts. Should I?
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A 31-year old male asked:
Can taking Gabapentin long time cause seizures tendency in person who never had one?? I have been prescribed gabapentin for idiopathic RLS but i figured that it's an Anti seizures drug so is it harmful to me in that sense if i take it for years??
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A female asked:
Hi.. I am taking tegratol cr300 mg daily and my GGTP levels have increased to 130 and they should be lesser than 38 . I cannot stop the drug as the seizures reoccur on stopping the drug , and no other seizure drug has suited me till now. Can u suggest me
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A 31-year old male asked:
Does long term use of anti-seizure drug such as Neurontin changes brain chemistry permanently in some way or another?? I have been on Neurontin 100 mg for nerve pain and mild restless legs. I am worried about long term use effect on brain, is it safe?
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A 61-year old female asked:
What anesthetic drugs percipitate seizures.?
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A 46-year old asked:
Help plz! Can prescription drugs cause seizures?
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A 37-year old male asked:
Was recently given tramadol 50mg to take if I needed it. Haven't taken any yet. I see one of the unique side effects is seizure. That may be rare but, what might cause a person to be more likely to have a seizure when taking this drug?
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A 48-year old asked:
Can a seizure occur after curing drug resistant brain tuberculoses?
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A 35-year old asked:
Can small photosensitive epilepsy seizures go away without drugs? I mean if i stop triggering them are they ever gonna stop without need of medical treatment?
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A 43-year old asked:
How long will the after effects of a grand mal seizure last if low drug level?
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A 34-year old female asked about a 80-year old female:
Is Dilantin still one of the best drugs to treat seizures?
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A 35-year old asked:
What is the drug of choice in treating absence seizures?
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A member asked:
Overdose+life+supportdoes having seizures while on life support after drug overdose have meaning (good or bad)?
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A 29-year old male asked:
Can perpehnazine cause a seizure if im only taking 1 mg a day? Is there a drug for schriz with no side effects of potential seizures?
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A 45-year old male asked:
I have been taking tegretol to control seizures since 1987. Just curious if there are better drugs that will not impact my liver.
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A 26-year old male asked:
I am taking keppra 250 in the morning and 250 in the evening for 1 and half day.it doesn't treat me.i take this drug for sleep myoclonic seizures.
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A 18-year old female asked:
What does it mean when every muscle in your body tightens up and you have this seizure like episode and can't move for a good 5-10 mins? (Drugs used)
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A 41-year old male asked:
Hi! I have long term sleep seizures.Now on vimpat (lacosamide) & clobazam. Can you tell me of any pros/cons of both drugs? I take 600mg vim & 20mg clobazam nightly
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A 36-year old female asked:
I have drug-resistant Epilepsy. When I saw my neuro in June, he said that my seizures are not affected by flashing lights however in recent months after being near flashing lights seizures have occurred?
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A 21-year old asked:
Can more than one drug be used for the treatment of epilepsy and seizures?
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A 27-year old asked:
What can I expect when a person is taken to the hospital when they have a drug/alcohol induced seizure?
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A 31-year old male asked:
If I'm 31 with no family history of seizures and have never smoked or done drugs. Am I at risk for seizure? Super fit but bad health anxiety.
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A 56-year old male asked:
Rfractory seizures in meningoencephalitis not responding to 4 anti convulsion drugs, like midazolam, levitricetum, eptoin and gardinal, what next?
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A 24-year old female asked:
Taking topiramate (250mg 2x daily) and vimpat (lacosamide) (150mg 2x daily) and still getting bad migraines and generalized seizures. Do i need to try diff drug?
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A 79-year old male asked:
My grandson 16 has new onset epilepsy prescribed Levetiracetam maximum dose.He is still having seizures but have moved from morning to afternoon since the drugs.He has them every 2 months. so not more frequent.Should he try a different drug? Thanks?
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A 29-year old female asked:
Hi there. I am looking for some insight on passing a drug test for school. I have quit for the program about 2 weeks ago and am taking my drug test tmrw. I have smoked pot regularly in small doses for several years. For seizures. (But no medical cards whe
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A 32-year old asked:
Is having a schizophrenic episode or an epileptic seizure anything like a hallucinogen drug?
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A member asked:
Drugs.com says several of my medications have major interactions could they be beneficial even with so many potentially causing seizures?
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A 41-year old asked:
Are there any drugs that can cause seizures, to get violent, foaming from mouth and long term hospital recovery?
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A 30-year old female asked:
Can tizanidine cause seizures? Had a grand mal a few days ago while on this drug. No history of seizures except two febral ones when I was young
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