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Suggest Remedy For Hallucinations And Difficulty Speaking While On Tegretol
Question: please i need help , my dad (62 years old) has took tegretol (carbamazepine) for 4 days, 3 times a day each 100mg,,, yesterday and today he started to feel very bad, was watching thing that dont exist, has a sense of unreality, had difficulty in speaking, was like hallucinating! i stopped giving him the medication, before the medication he was very good, just some hypertension problems and some little shaking! took the medicine cause the doctor told that he has a kind of epilepsy! please help me, what i can do now, how to clean his body from tegretol , what to do cause he is having all the worst side effects of tegretol?
Brief Answer:
Just wait
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
I am Dr Mittal. I have read your message. I think I can help you.
Tegretal is known to cause such symptoms.
However, there is no antidote.
You just have to wait for the drug to wash out in 2 to 3 days.
You can give him Serenace for psychosis. However , since he's already has had a reaction I would suggest meeting a local Dr before a dog the medicine.
I have tried to make it as simple as possible. I hope that the information contained in this message will be able to help you find the best solution for your problem. Best of luck. Dr Mittal.
Just wait
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
I am Dr Mittal. I have read your message. I think I can help you.
Tegretal is known to cause such symptoms.
However, there is no antidote.
You just have to wait for the drug to wash out in 2 to 3 days.
You can give him Serenace for psychosis. However , since he's already has had a reaction I would suggest meeting a local Dr before a dog the medicine.
I have tried to make it as simple as possible. I hope that the information contained in this message will be able to help you find the best solution for your problem. Best of luck. Dr Mittal.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
but what to do now so he will not have hallucinations any more, and to not have that sense of unreality or watching things that doesnt exist ! will the tegtretol leave any damage at him for forever or will leave at him a problem permanently ??
Brief Answer:
Specific information
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
I have already said you can take Serenace for the psychosis.
As for effect, most often patients do recover completely. For more definitive answer one needs to examine the patient.
I hope the same for you.
Best of luck. Dr Mittal
Specific information
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
I have already said you can take Serenace for the psychosis.
As for effect, most often patients do recover completely. For more definitive answer one needs to examine the patient.
I hope the same for you.
Best of luck. Dr Mittal
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Brief Answer:
Specific information
Detailed Answer:
Hi
As I said before its used for psychosis. a severe mental disorder in which thought and emotions are so impaired that contact is lost with external reality. Hallucinations, delusions, delirium are all part of the syndrome.
And no, it's not addictive. So he won't need to take Tab after he's stable.
I hope that the information contained in this message will help. Dr Mittal
Specific information
Detailed Answer:
Hi
As I said before its used for psychosis. a severe mental disorder in which thought and emotions are so impaired that contact is lost with external reality. Hallucinations, delusions, delirium are all part of the syndrome.
And no, it's not addictive. So he won't need to take Tab after he's stable.
I hope that the information contained in this message will help. Dr Mittal
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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