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Suggest Remedy For Reoccurring Seizures
My son is 25 he started having seizures while sleeping at night at age 18 and now has them during the day and recently had one while driving his neurologist is upping his Depacote and phenobaritol what signs do we look for if his level becomes to high or toxic can it be life threatening? Please help me help him. Thanks Karen in North Ms
Tue, 27 Jan 2015
Hello. I have been through your question and understand your concern.
There are spefic blood tests which measure the level of these two drugs in the blood. They are called valproic acid test and phenobarbital test. These test are very helpful also to check if the level of these drugs are within therapeutical levels. And I would recommend not to drive till he is seizure free.
Hope this helps. Please feel free using MHC again.
There are spefic blood tests which measure the level of these two drugs in the blood. They are called valproic acid test and phenobarbital test. These test are very helpful also to check if the level of these drugs are within therapeutical levels. And I would recommend not to drive till he is seizure free.
Hope this helps. Please feel free using MHC again.
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