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Had Tonic Clonic Seizure After Taking Double Dosed Tramadol. Percocet Can Also Bring On Seizure?
My niece was prescribed tramadol 50mg and double dosed some 5 days ago. About 30 min. later she had a tonic-clonic seizure and we know now that the tramadol can bring on seizures,but she is still having the body twitches and feels the same way she did that morning after taking the tramadol. Also wondering if percocet can bring on seizures and if perhaps she had a seizure due to withdrawals since she did without her meds for awhile.
Tue, 17 Dec 2013
Hi,
Thank you for posting your query.
Tramadol is known to cause seizures. This is more common with tramadol injections and high dose tramadol treatments.
The muscle twitches are not of much concern and they are not suggestive of or related to seizures.
In future, it is better to avoid tramadol for pain relief. Percocet is fine and quite safe for her.
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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.
Tramadol is known to cause seizures. This is more common with tramadol injections and high dose tramadol treatments.
The muscle twitches are not of much concern and they are not suggestive of or related to seizures.
In future, it is better to avoid tramadol for pain relief. Percocet is fine and quite safe for her.
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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