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Child With Epilepsy, Given Zental, Fell Twice During Standing And Talking, Had Convulsion. Can Zental Trigger Convulsion?

My daughter has been diagnosed with epilepsy . She is on 1.5 ml of trioptal twice a day. She was administered Zental - 10 ml yesterday as a dewormer. Her age is 2 years nine months and weight 15kg. After Zental following thing happened - twice during night she fell down while standing and talking and then the next morning she had convulsion. Can Zental trigger convulsion?
Mon, 18 Mar 2013
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zental sfx :)
CNS: Headache (11%); raised intracranial pressure (2%); dizziness/vertigo, meningeal signs (1%).
DERM: Reversible alopecia (2%); erythema multiforme, Stevens-Johnson syndrome (postmarketing).
GI: Abdominal pain, nausea/vomiting (6%).
HEPA: Abnormal LFTs (16%); acute liver failure, hepatitis (postmarketing).
HEMA/LYMPH: Agranulocytosis, granulocytopenia, leukopenia, pancytopenia, thrombocytopenia (less than 1%); aplastic anemia, bone marrow suppression, neutropenia (postmarketing).
OTHER: Fever (1%); acute renal failure (postmarketing).

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Child With Epilepsy, Given Zental, Fell Twice During Standing And Talking, Had Convulsion. Can Zental Trigger Convulsion?

zental sfx :) CNS: Headache (11%); raised intracranial pressure (2%); dizziness/vertigo, meningeal signs (1%). DERM: Reversible alopecia (2%); erythema multiforme, Stevens-Johnson syndrome (postmarketing). GI: Abdominal pain, nausea/vomiting (6%). HEPA: Abnormal LFTs (16%); acute liver failure, hepatitis (postmarketing). HEMA/LYMPH: Agranulocytosis, granulocytopenia, leukopenia, pancytopenia, thrombocytopenia (less than 1%); aplastic anemia, bone marrow suppression, neutropenia (postmarketing). OTHER: Fever (1%); acute renal failure (postmarketing).