Anti seisure medication.?
Answer:
depakote,tegratol and maybe Klonipin.Ask her physician about changing her meds, my thinking is if its making her worse, where is the quality of her life? they must try something else. God bless you and your family.
There are a lot of meds for seizures. Dilantin is the most popular, because it offers good control with minimal side effects - but that doesn't mean there are NO side effects. Seizures are something you don't want to mess around with.
The elderly are more susceptible to drug overdoses, because their livers and kidneys do not clear meds as quickly as in "spring chickens". It might be that they need to titrate her dosage.
As you can see from the link below, there are quite a few seizure medicines. If her doctor can't titrate the Dilantin to produce a better quallity of living, he knows which ones on the list to try next.
Is she on any other medications such as Aricept?
This is an incideous drug, my MIL starved herself to death while she was on it. It is prescribed for Alzheimer patients and IMO it should be taken off the market.
My guess is the problem is Aricept seeing as she has been diagnosed with Alzheimers, get her off that drug NOW !
check out the side effects. Second link below
The medicine and health information post by website user , ByeDR.com not guarantee correctness , is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for medical advice or treatment for any medical conditions.
More Questions and Answers...