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Taking Covid Vaccination
I take tablets Tegrital CR 400 (one at morning and one at night), Epilex chronicles 300 (1 at morning) and Lovingly 500(one at night) for Fitz( seizures ). Is it safe to take vaccine for corona while taking above tablets?? Do I need to take vaccine after a certain time after taking above tablets? Thanks in advance for your opinion.
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It is safe to take covid vaccination with antiepileptics
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Dr. Abhijit Verma
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Yes, it's absolutely safe to take vaccine.
Take your doses of anti epileptics as before, no need to skip it.
Post vaccination , some people might get fever, which can lower the seizure threshold. You can take tab paracetamol 500mg thrice daily for 2 days post vaccination.
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