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Dr. Andrew Rynne
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Dilantin And Keppra Together

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Dr. Shubham Mehta MD

Your thoughts on Dilantin vs Keppra . Doctor changing my wife from Keppra to Dilantin. The keppra not working well. She is taking 3000 mg of keppra and now loading up on 900 mg... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Shubham Mehta ( Psychiatrist)
Dr. Bruno Mascarenhas MD

hello, I am taking keppra and dilantin , I took a dose of keppra at 8 pm. I had to take 3 pills of dilantin now at 10, and instead I took another keppra pill which is 500 mg each. What do... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Bruno Mascarenhas ( Neurologist)
Dr. Erion Spaho MD

. He was then placed on Keppra . He is now back on Dilantin because the neurologist who replaced the neurologist that put him on Keppra said the dosage of Dilantin should have been decreased... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Erion Spaho ( Neurologist)
Dr. Saumya Mittal MD

while. She has been on 3000 mg of keppra . She had a seizure in Mexico last week, not pretty. The MD has put her on 3000 mg of keppra and 300mg of dilantin . He thinks she doesn't do well with... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Saumya Mittal ( Diabetologist)
Dr.  Neeraj Kumar MD

I recently changed from Dilantin 300mg/day to Keppra , beginning with 1000mg/day and then with the ... neurologist has gone away on a. 3 week vacation and I don't know what to do! I've raised my Keppra... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Neeraj Kumar ( Neurologist)

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Dr.       Dorina Gurabardhi MD

on generic keppra on top of Dilantin and phenobarbital which I will eventually be weaned off Dilantin ... dizzy and drowsy. in your medical opinion is it the keppra or Dilantin doing... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Dorina Gurabardhi ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Prakruthi MD

condition. Prior to taking keppra she took three 100 mg dilantin per day 1, 1, 1. In addition she takes 64 ...My wife is taking five 500 mg keppra pills per day. She takes 2 in AM, 1 Noon, 2 PM.... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Prakruthi ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Penchila Prasad Kandikattu MD

A friend has been on Dilantin for 42 years. He has teeth, bone problems, and some other side ..., aggressive behavior. He has been tolerating the Dilantin for so long we thought it best to go back to it ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Penchila Prasad Kandikattu ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Dr. Mahboob Ur Rahman MD

Dilantin. But he suggested a new form of Keppra. But with no generics available, it would cost over $400 ...I just saw a neurologist this week. I currently take Keppra, 1000 mg twice each day. I... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Mahboob Ur Rahman ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Seikhoo Bishnoi MD

I had a temporal-lobectomy back in 96 ! Immediately the Drs. put me BACK ON Dilantin/Phenobarbital ... take me off (....finally) a few months later, following my surgery! I was put on Keppra, eventually ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Seikhoo Bishnoi ( Psychiatrist)