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Reduce and stop anti convulsant medicine
After mistakenly administered heavy doses of clozapine suffered seizure and anti convulsant medicine started . It's more than 4 years now he never had any such problem it was tonic clonic seizure..we see some skin problem in last few months and wish if eptoine doses can be reduced to stop completely later. Thanks and regards.
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There should have been no need to continue antiepileptic medication for this long, especially if it was a drug overdose seizure. It's in your best interest if you discuss with your psychiatrist to consider tapering and stopping same. It's kinda negligence to continue anti-epileptics indefinitely for drug overdose seizure, especially if there was no other indication or past history of seizures.
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Clozapine is given for resistant Psychotic disorder. Rarely side effects can happen with clozapine like seizures or neutropenia. The seizures you need to manage with a neurologist, for the psychosis if clozapine is intolerable or there are major adverse effects, it can be changed. Eptoin is rarely used for seizures these days with advent of newer anti epileptics. Get an opinion from an astute neurologist and get it changed. Good luck
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