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Can Phenatoin Sodium Be Stopped After Recovering From Stroke?

Hi, may I answer your health queries right now ? Please type your query here Sir after TBI my daughter had three stroke since then she is taking phenation sodium 150 mg OD.now she is well but i have to stop phenatoin sodium,please help me sir thanks ...
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It is unclear why you feel you have to stop phenytoin, is she having a side effect of some sort? Do you want to stop just phenytoin or do you not want any treatment at all?
Phenytoin is given to prevent seizures, but you don't mention whether she has had any seizures during the course of her problems or they've given it to her because she had a high risk of having them. If no, then you can try stopping Phenytoin but very gradually, lowering the dose progressively over the course of several weeks.
If she has had seizures, given the fact that she has brain lesions she is a high risk subject and it would be dangerous stopping anti-epileptic treatment, but there are other drugs with fewer side effects if that is the reason you don't want it.
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Can Phenatoin Sodium Be Stopped After Recovering From Stroke?

It is unclear why you feel you have to stop phenytoin, is she having a side effect of some sort? Do you want to stop just phenytoin or do you not want any treatment at all? Phenytoin is given to prevent seizures, but you don t mention whether she has had any seizures during the course of her problems or they ve given it to her because she had a high risk of having them. If no, then you can try stopping Phenytoin but very gradually, lowering the dose progressively over the course of several weeks. If she has had seizures, given the fact that she has brain lesions she is a high risk subject and it would be dangerous stopping anti-epileptic treatment, but there are other drugs with fewer side effects if that is the reason you don t want it.