My 3 year old daughter had two episode of febrile seizure in past and doc has suggested us to give mefenac ds and 1/2 of frisium 5 mg twice a day to be continued for 3 days whenever she gets fever above 99. Also my concern here is after giving frisium my daughter becomes irritated, drowsy. Want to know how does this irritation and drowsiness last?

Dr. Himanshu VatsHomeopathy Doctor9yrs exp

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Frisium 5 mg is a medicine given to treat epilepsy. Its list of side effects is large and consist of: constipation, sleepiness, depression, dizziness, dryness in mouth, fatigue, headache, nausea, sedation, speech disorder, decreased appetite, irritability, aggression, restlessness, drug tolerance, difficulty in paying attention, tremors, abnormality of voluntary movements. Seizure may occur during high fever in children sometimes and it happens quite commonly. I would suggest that instead of getting afraid that every time she will get a fever she may get seizure, you get her condition diagnosed properly first and then take a call on the treatment approach. Had the patient came to me, I would suggest that her eeg-awake be taken and shown to me along with cbc-esr.  

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Dr. Shivam SondhiPediatrician0yrs exp

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Good afternoon, first of all, seizure activity itself would cause great harm to the brain, hence the precipitating factor (here fever) needs to be controlled. N secondly, after frisium, the child may feel drowsy, it's a common side effect, she would get fine within 1-2 days.  

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