Dilantin….Day 1
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Carrie D.Posted
Tue 05 May 2009 12:00am
Velma is due tomorrow and I’m taking her down to Lesley’s to deliver the litter (long story). While I’m there, I’ll breed Ava to Thomas (the Danish boy). Raising puppies is one thing that I can do while I’m stuck at home!
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Coffee, Tea or Dilantin….
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Carrie D.Posted
Mon 04 May 2009 12:00am
that we would. Unmedicated, my seizures will just increase in frequency so he’s starting me out on Dilantin…..ten of them today and three each night at bedtime thereafter. The pharmacist said that I’d be pretty out of it today so I’m trying to get this post done before the medication takes effect (perhaps its too late). I’ll continue on DilantinRead on »
A second look at dilantin
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Matt S.Posted
Sun 27 Dec 2009 12:00am
The first time phenytoin was addressed as a blog on this site was on the one year anniversary of the inauguration of the RFN. I'd just like to bring it up again, because a question pertaining to phenytoin and its effect on serum calcium levels recently showed up on the nephrology boards. The aim of the question was to highlight the association ...
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8/15/08 medical journal
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Liz B.Posted
Fri 15 Aug 2008 12:00am
Still experiencing moments of dizziness--could be due to new dosage of Dilantin
Dreamed about seizures
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Ahhh, the bruising!
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akontarinisPosted
Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:05pm
look like they want to lock arms and join forces. Nice, right?
Thank you, Dilantin.
One of the wonderful side effects of the anti-seizure medication is that my body has become one big, giant, ugly bruise. You can see here on my arm that all these bruises look like they want to lock arms and join forces. Nice, right?
Thank you, Dilantin.
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8/14/08 medical journal
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Liz B.Posted
Thu 14 Aug 2008 12:00am
Dealing with uncoordinated limbs due to an increase in Dilantin dosage
Right shoulder still sore from previous days' seizure
Having fleeting sensations of vertigo throughout the day, similar to the beginning of a seizure, but they pass
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Early Days
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xoxomarebearPosted
Tue 10 Feb 2009 11:28am
Just a reminder!
Vivi has been asking for a pony from day one - I remembered this picture this morning while trying to soothe her back to sleep after her morning medicines (which were so many - Dilantin, Zantac, Decadron, Morphine, Compazine, Ativan and Benadryl!). So I reminded Vivi how LUCKY she is that dearest CP and his friends
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Seizure inducing aspartame added to anti-seizure drugs
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Stephen TvedtenPosted
Sat 04 Dec 2010 8:36am
anti-seizure drugs: DILANTIN, DEPACOTE, TEGRATOL and several others produced by major pharmaceutical corporations. In 2007 the manufacturer of Dilantin changed the description of the 100 mg. Dilantin, changed the 100 mg white capsule with red stripe to a much larger white capsule, orange on one end, which contains 100 mg of the drug, plus aspartame. 150
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A Very Long Night
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ValeriePosted
Mon 01 Dec 2008 11:54am
of dilantin and prescriptions for an antibiotic and a different dosage of dilantin.
This was my first emergency as Gladys' caregiver and I think I handled it pretty well. I don't
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maybe I'm right
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danielle foltzPosted
Sun 18 Oct 2009 10:05pm
(like the surgery mom pun?) out. Miserable. Happy kid vanished.
Wednesday his Dilantin levels are low end. Seems to me Dilantin is a tuffy to keep therapeutic. No longer vomiting excessively...just random. No pattern.
Thursday and Friday...for some reason no Dilantin levels are drawn. We continue to have random vomiting.
Labs are drawn to test
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