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Phenytoin Oral 125 MG Suspension Health Feed

Asked for male, 24 years old from Delhi
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General Physician•Cuttack
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It should be swallowed with a glass of water with meal. It should not be chewed. Take it in the evening while having dinner. follow the advice of your doctor
Asked for male, 50 years old from Vijayawada
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General Physician•Mumbai
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Overdose will not happen but he needs to take it as per prescription advice only and if necessary doctors give a combination of anti epileptic medication.
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Asked for male, 21 years old from Bolangir
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DM- Neurology, MD Medicine, MBBS

Neurologist•Delhi
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Dose of phenytoin needs to be adjusted according to body weight.
Mention your weight and I can help you.
For any further queries, feel free to call.
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Asked for male, 24 years old from Delhi
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Endocrinologist•Hubli-Dharwad
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Mr Utsav, Thanks for the query.
If you have been diagnosed to have Neurocysticercosis, then it is better to take the necessary medication as advised by the doctor. Because it is the only way to get rid of the infection. Thanks.
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Asked for male, 33 years old from Rohtak
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Dietitian/Nutritionist•Ghaziabad
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You should not use phenytoin if you also take delavirdine (Rescriptor), or if you are allergic to phenytoin, ethotoin (Peganone), fosphenytoin (Cerebyx), or mephenytoin (Mesantoin). If you are pregnant, DO NOT START TAKING this medicine unless your doctor tells you to. Phenytoin may cause harm to an unborn baby, but having a seizure during pregnancy could harm both the mother and the baby. If you become pregnant while taking phenytoin, DO NOT STOP TAKING the medicine without your doctor's advice...more
Asked for male, 30 years old from Buldhana
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MD Medicine, DM Neurology

Neurologist•
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Phenytoin and phenobarbitone do not cause erectile dysfunction. You will have to visit an andrologist for correct approach, diagnosis and treatment of erectile dysfunction.
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My brother got a lack of oxygen during birth, which led to his mental disability, he is 12 years old now. He suffers from epileptic seizures too. He takes tegrital (carbamazepine) and phenotal 60 (phenobarbitone ). Phenotal is no longer available in our country and with taking other brands of the drug, his seizure attacks wasn't controlled, the serum level of phenobarbitone was 34.96 umol/l which is below the therapeutic range, so his doctor decided to switch his medication to epanutin (phenytoin sodium) so we stopped phenobarbitone gradually within 5 days and started to give him phenytoin. That was last month. He is tired and upset most of the time and he has sleep disturbances. He had tonsillitis in the last 2 days. Today we were in the car, suddenly his face paled and he closed his eyes and then keep closing and opening them, but he talked to me, I thought that his blood pressure went down because he didn't have breakfast. When we got home he didn't remember that we were in the car, is this a type of absence seizure? Is that related to phenytoin? Is it normal when starting using phenytoin? Thank you.

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No the episode is not an absence seizure that has different features, but it may be related to his medicine intake and may have been drowsy. I suggest you keep amental note of the episode and continue with medication, in case it recurs you must visit your doctor as it may be a seizure (not necessarily absence) and he may have to be reviewed.
Asked for male, 50 years old from Madurai
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Dentist•Mumbai
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Mr. Lybrate-user,
when your teeth enamel is damaging you immediately need to take care of it.
Teeth have three layers, enamel-dentin-pulp. So when the enamel is damaged the dentin is exposed leading to weaker and caries prone teeth. See your nearest dentist and either to a filling or a crown/cap work done.
Asked for female, 23 years old from Guntur
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D.N.B, D.L.O

ENT Specialist•Bangalore
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If he had a ear bleed do get a ct scan of temporal bones done to rule out any fracture. It's better to get assured than later repent. Keep ear dry no water should go into ears. Avoid using ear drops. Get also an ent consultation done to ascertain if there is any injury to the ear drum. Will need to take a course of antibiotics after the consultation to avoid infection.
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