Medical Questions » Medicines Questions » Question No. 661
| Question: | I have a daughter who takes Tegretol for nocturnal fits. She has only had three in three years, and they follow overwork and stress. Do these tablets cause any liver or kidney trouble, and if she did not take them and had more fits, would she get brain damage? |
| Answer: | Pseudo epilepsy is a term that is sometimes used to describe the type of stress-related fits that affect your daughter.
If the fits are always related to overwork and stress, it may be possible for her to take a medication on only those days when she feels that she may have a fit because of these factors. This would probably be more effective, and less annoying, than taking medication long term.
On the other hand, Tegretol is a vety safe and effective medication for controlling and preventing many different types of fits, and there are no serious long term effects from taking this medication.
Brain damage from fits only occurs in rare situations if the fits are very prolonged, very frequent, and cause serious side effects. This is not the case with your daughter.
Discuss using intermittent medication, rather than constant medication, with your daughter' s doctor.
|
|
|
