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Fits or epilepsy problem

2017-08-10 16:04:56
My son 15 year old had fits last year... Doctor suggest ed to take Levigress 1000 for this..Since one year he is taking this medicine till now he had never get any fits... Now he started to give leptomate 25 with Lavigress 1000. I want to take second opinions regarding it.
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When fits are under control with one medication, usually no other medicines need to be added. Only when there is a consideration of tapering or stopping the present medicine for whatever reasons, an additional medicine is added.

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