Epitec And Epilum (valpuraat)

I used to be on 600 mg of Epilum in the mornings as well as at night. I gained a lot of weight and started to complain about this so the doctor prescribe 50 mg of Topomax in the morning as well as at night. I was also drinking Urbanol 10 mg morning and at night. I went to a new Neurologist that advised me to take Epitec 25 mg and wean down on the Epilum. At the moment I drink 200 mg of Epilum in the morning and in the night. I also lost more than 10 kg of weight. Every 2 weeks I increase my Epitec dosage and are currently taking 100 mg at night and 100 mg in the morning. What I want to know is if I am going to drink only one pill of Epilum 200mg within the next 2 weeks, is there a possability that I'm going to get a seizure when the Epilum is out of my system? At the end of the day I will totally be weaned from all medicine and will only drink the Epitec 100 mg twice a day. I am looking forward to not drinking so much pills daily but also scared to get seizures! Please advise a.s.a.p - Thank you very much

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If you stop the Epilem abruptly, yes there is some risk there, though it will be reduce by your taking the Epitec.

However, ideally, one should be slowly tapered up, while you are slowly tapering down on the other, to minimize the risk of seizures.

Learn more Sodium Valproate details here and more Lamtorigine details here.

Are you consulting with your doctor regularly? Did he instruct you to suddenly stop at 200mgs?

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