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My brother got a lack of oxygen during birth, which led to his mental disability, he is 12 years old now. He suffers from epileptic seizures too. He takes tegrital (carbamazepine) and phenotal 60 (phenobarbitone ). Phenotal is no longer available in our country and with taking other brands of the drug, his seizure attacks wasn't controlled, the serum level of phenobarbitone was 34.96 umol/l which is below the therapeutic range, so his doctor decided to switch his medication to epanutin (phenytoin sodium) so we stopped phenobarbitone gradually within 5 days and started to give him phenytoin. That was last month. He is tired and upset most of the time and he has sleep disturbances. He had tonsillitis in the last 2 days. Today we were in the car, suddenly his face paled and he closed his eyes and then keep closing and opening them, but he talked to me, I thought that his blood pressure went down because he didn't have breakfast. When we got home he didn't remember that we were in the car, is this a type of absence seizure? Is that related to phenytoin? Is it normal when starting using phenytoin? Thank you.

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No the episode is not an absence seizure that has different features, but it may be related to his medicine intake and may have been drowsy. I suggest you keep amental note of the episode and continue with medication, in case it recurs you must visit your doctor as it may be a seizure (not necessarily absence) and he may have to be reviewed.
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Gynaecologist•Mumbai
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Mazetol Tablet is unsafe to use during pregnancy.
There is positive evidence of human fetal risk, but the benefits from use in pregnant women may be acceptable despite the risk, so consult Neurophysician treating you
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M.D. Consultant Pathologist, CCEBDM Diab...read more

Sexologist•Sri Ganganagar
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There is no specific antidote. Gastric lavage is best activated charcoal administration will help.
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Homeopath•Hooghly
If u wants to cure ur problem permanently then u have to do some exercise, yoga,, meditation also important,,with this u need proper homoeopathic treatment
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MD - Pathology

General Physician•Amritsar
As per book, after three years of seizures free period you can gradually taper off medicine
if there's relapse you will have to continue with it.
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Psychologist•Palakkad
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Dear user. I can understand. Please don't be panic.Mazetol 200 MG Tablet is an anticonvulsant that is used to control seizures and trigeminal neuralgia. Please avoid liquor with this medicine. Consuming liquor is injurious to health. I am here to help you in every aspect of your mental and physical health. Any sexual or psychological problems can be cured with the help of various methods and therapies. I suggest you to post your query with every detail here. I will help you in overcoming your p...more
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General Physician•Delhi
You should not use anything without doctor's advice as it may be harmful.
Let's connect over a call so that we can discuss your concern in details and make a suitable treatment plan for you.
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Homeopath•Hyderabad
Green leafy vegetables like spinach, kale, and collards.
Salmon, tuna, and other oily fish.
Eggs, nuts, beans, and other nonmeat protein sources.
Oranges and other citrus fruits or juices.
Oysters and pork.
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Hello. Your mother appears to be affected by a condition called epilepsy (most probably generalised tonic clonic siezure) which is going to remain there for life. As she is taking zeptol 400 (carbamazepine) regularly, it is the drug of choice for this condition too along with valproate and is quite safe too. This medicine is not the cause for diabetes and hyperchlesterolemia. But as she has already taken medications for more than 15 years with out occurance of single episode of convulsion and un...more
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