Posted by
larry on February 20, 2000 at 19:44:04:
In Reply to: Re: pediatric epilepsy posted by Mary on February 09, 2000 at 00:06:29:
: Our son was recently diagnosed with Epilepsy(in Nov. of 1999) and put on Depakote(125 mg
: twice a day). He was also put on Carnitor which is to counteract the possilbe liver damage
: that can be caused by this medicine. Our neuro told us that the younger the child on this
: medicine the more possible it is to have liver damage side effects. But I believe that this
: shows up in the first few months on the drug and that they do blood tests to monitor it. So far
: our son's blood tests have come back fine. Our son also experienced stomach aches in the
: first couple weeks on the medicine, but as long as he ate the pain went away and he no longer
: complains of the stomach aches(which has also increased his appetite some).
: Our doctor also told us, as she put it "to let her know if he becomes more naughty". I believe
: he has had some behavior changes, but don't know if it's because of the medicine or
: because of all he's been through in the last couple months. Our son was placed on this
: medicine after a grand mal seizure and has not had any grand mals since, but has possibly
: had several petit mals or "starts of seizures" as we call them where he will suddenly jerk forward
: as if to fall, but catches himself.
Have yoiu ever heard of DIastat?
