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Had Fits, Taken Epsolin, Feeling Restless, Dry Mouth, Sleeplessness. Suggestion?
at present a patient is under aged 76 ur is under convelsion/fit now .epsolin inj. and decadran inj has been given twice with duration of i hr. bp reading was 100/70 .at present his condition is feeling of unrest.talking unergal.dryness innmouth .sleep is not there what u suggest to be given reght now.his history of convelsion /fit is alredy .but from a long time he not suffered from this pl help
Sat, 4 Jan 2014
Hi,
Thank you for posting your query.
Epsolin (phenytoin) is a good medication for treating epilepsy or fits, so, it should be continued.
For sleep disturbance, there are a few options. Zolpidem is a good sleeping pill, which does not lead to addiction or hang over. I use a dose of 10 mg at bed time for my patients.
Clonazepam is another option, which reduces anxiety and controls fits, in addition to producing sleep.
I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
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Thank you for posting your query.
Epsolin (phenytoin) is a good medication for treating epilepsy or fits, so, it should be continued.
For sleep disturbance, there are a few options. Zolpidem is a good sleeping pill, which does not lead to addiction or hang over. I use a dose of 10 mg at bed time for my patients.
Clonazepam is another option, which reduces anxiety and controls fits, in addition to producing sleep.
I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
Click on this link to ask me a DIRECT QUERY: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar
My BLOG: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.in
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