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Is Frisium The Right Medicine For Sleeplessness?

Posted on Thu, 11 Sep 2014

Question: I was not getting sleep in the night since last 2-3 weeks ( i was getting hardly 40-45 minutes sleep only). I had visited one of the neurologist and he has prescribed FRISIUM 5mg in the night daily for 3 months. (Just to update you, i had one episode of Epilepsy in July 2010 and i had completed 2.5 yrs of EPSOLIN medicine course successfully and there was no more episode after that). I had forgot to aske the doctor if this medicine need to be taken without miss like EPSOLIN or can be missed.Can you pls confirm pls.

Answered by Dr. Sudhir Kumar (28 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Frisium is not a sleeping pill.

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

Thank you for posting your query.

I have noted your symptoms and current medications.

I would like to inform you that Frisium (clobazam) is not a sleeping pill. On the other hand, it is an anti-epileptic drug and is used for treating seizures (epilepsy). If it is used for treating epilepsy, it should be used without missing, just like epsolin (phenytoin).

For sleep disturbance, you may use zolpidem tablets.

I hope my reply has helped you.

I would be pleased to answer, if you have any follow up queries or if you require any further information.

Best wishes,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology) XXXXXXX Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, XXXXXXX
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Sudhir Kumar (14 minutes later)

Also, the doctor has asked to go for EEG. Should i go the same.

Answered by Dr. Sudhir Kumar (33 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
EEG may be done.

Detailed Answer:
Thank you for getting back.

You can go for EEG test to rule out epilepsy.

Best wishes,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD DM (Neurology)

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar