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How To Treat Foot Clonus?

How can my right foot clonus be treated so that I can drive my automatic car safely? Note: I'm on anti-rejection drugs as I had a kidney transplant 4 months ago. I've had clonus for years now. I had it when I did my driving test in July 1998 and I passed my test first time. My foot shook very slight during the driving test, but I thought it was just nerves. The clonus wasn't picked up until about 6 months ago by a Disabiility Action doctor as he saw my foot shake on the brake and accelerator. Is there any medication that can help my clonus? I've also had lots of shunt revisions from when I was 10 months until I was 16 years old. I'm 34 years old now. i'm 5'5" and 150 kg.
Mon, 29 Sep 2014
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The best person to ask about your clonus would be your neurologist since without having the advantage of examining you and testing the clonus to see what it actually responds to I don't know if it's a consequence of the shunts you've had or the medications you're on for the transplant.

Also, without knowing the anti-rejection drugs you are on I cannot in good conscience give you names of drugs in case you decide to go out and somehow get your hands on them because you may be taking something that will counteract those drugs.

If you'd like to carry on this discussion in a liitle more detail so that you can give more information in order to make an intelligent recommendation then, look me up at the following webpage:

http://doctor.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-dariush-saghafi/68474

Send a DIRECT QUERY to my attention and I will promptly answer. What I'd ask you do is to UPLOAD complete list of medications you are on. I don't need doses, just the names of the drugs.

Also, give me a bit more history of your tremor or as you call it your "clonus" as in when EXACTLY did it start and what sorts of things make it better and what makes it worse. And finally, are there any medications or circumstances under which you've noticed that these movements actually cease or drop off dramatically?
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How To Treat Foot Clonus?

The best person to ask about your clonus would be your neurologist since without having the advantage of examining you and testing the clonus to see what it actually responds to I don t know if it s a consequence of the shunts you ve had or the medications you re on for the transplant. Also, without knowing the anti-rejection drugs you are on I cannot in good conscience give you names of drugs in case you decide to go out and somehow get your hands on them because you may be taking something that will counteract those drugs. If you d like to carry on this discussion in a liitle more detail so that you can give more information in order to make an intelligent recommendation then, look me up at the following webpage: http://doctor.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-dariush-saghafi/68474 Send a DIRECT QUERY to my attention and I will promptly answer. What I d ask you do is to UPLOAD complete list of medications you are on. I don t need doses, just the names of the drugs. Also, give me a bit more history of your tremor or as you call it your clonus as in when EXACTLY did it start and what sorts of things make it better and what makes it worse. And finally, are there any medications or circumstances under which you ve noticed that these movements actually cease or drop off dramatically?