Tuesday, March 31, 2009

[epilepsy] Re: Seizures and Medications

--- In epilepsy@yahoogroups.com, Tammy Wolfgram <tammy@...> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> As I read others' messages, I am noticing that everyone seems to be
> on lower doses of meds than Megan is.

Hi Tammy,

I thought the same thing about Jonathon. He is 10 years old and is taking 2000 mgs daily of Keppra, and I've noticed a lot of others who take much smaller doses. But his neuro team also told me that there is a lot of room to increase his dosage if needed. I think it's one of those situations where YMMV.

We also recently found out that his neuro team thinks he may be getting migraines. They're not treating him yet, but I was wondering if anyone knows of migraine medicines that are safe for children and that do not contain sulfa? Sulfa--even in very small doses--messes with his blood sugars, and most of the migraine meds I know about either contain sulfa or are not recommended for children.

Dawn, mom to:
Joshua (9/15/1997, microphthalmia/phpv/blind left eye w/prosthetic) and
Jonathon (10/28/1998, type 1 <insulin-dependent> diabetes, epilepsy)

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