Dilantin
Active Ingredient(s): PhenytoinFDA Approved: * March 1, 1956
Pharm Company: * PARKE DAVIS
Category: Anticonvulsant
Phenytoin (PHT), sold under the brand name Dilantin among others,[1] is an anti-seizure medication.[2] It is useful for the prevention of tonic-clonic seizures (also known as grand mal seizures) and focal seizures, but not absence seizures.[2] The intravenous form, fosphenytoin, is used for status epilepticus that does not improve with benzodiazepines.[2] It may also be used for certain heart arrhythmias or neuropathic pain.&... [wikipedia]
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Been on Dilantin since 1978. Last May my level was 17. Now came back at a whopping 29.6 which has worried me. Take 300mg...
3 REPLIESI have used Dilantin for my seizures for years. My only side affect is swelling spots in my mouth that I have had to hav...
2 REPLIESDoes anyone have experience of being treated with Dilantin for anxiety/depression/ADHD symptoms ? If so, could you advis...
2 REPLIESAs DILANTIN 100 mgs are no where to be found I am in a dilema...Can't switch to the generic phenytoin as I have side...
2 REPLIESI've been on Dilantin for many yrs. Started out taking 300mgs daily. As Dilantin was helping to prevent a seizure. M...
1 REPLYDoes anyone know where the original Dilantin 100 mg Kapseal , white with orange band (as opposed to the newer capsule, w...
1 REPLYMy husband takes Dilantin & Losartan 50mg, but his Dr. recently put him on Metoprolol 25mg twice a day. Now he's...
1 REPLYMy son's nurse accidentally gave him an extra dose of his Dilantin... What should I do? ## I took an extra dilantin ...
1 REPLYWhat effects do these two drugs have on the body when taken together? ## Hello, Mike! How are you? I didn't find any...
1 REPLYI have taken 300 mg daily for 30 years.Blood level run 3 days ago,Dilantin too high..Dr. Has dropped me to 200 mg a day ...
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