Epilepsy Talk
Prescription Switching. Do You Know What You’re REALLY Getting?
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How many times have you had a prescription switched without your knowledge or permission?
Not just switched to a generic version of the prescribed drug, but to a different drug altogether.
Yet the practice of swapping out medications is perfectly legal in most states.
At Walgreens and CVS, Complaints of Medication Errors Go Missing
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In Oklahoma, a State Board of Pharmacy released a complaint against a CVS pharmacy regarding a medication error made last year. The board took the rare step of citing the pharmacy in addition to the pharmacist involved in the error.
The Oklahoma board cited inadequate staffing in its investigation of the mistake, which involved a young man who received only one-fourth of his prescribed dose of anticonvulsant medication, according to the complaint.
Tags: anticonvulsants, CVS, errors, head gash, medication mistakes, pharmacies, violent seizures, Walgreen's, wrong dosages
Other Voices — Other Lives
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“There were times I asked myself,
‘Is life really worth living?’
Suicide, now there’s a thought,
But would God be forgiving?”
Ed L.
Tags: adapt, damaged goods, emotional, friends, fulfilling, memory, opportunities, relationships, seclusion, seizures, succeed, suicide
What’s the worst accident you’ve ever had?
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The worst accident I ever had was the one that caused my seizures.
I was at an ice rink, speed skating, when some jerk put his foot out. (A real funny joke.)
Into the boards I went, flying over the ice…
Natural Herbal Remedies for Epilepsy
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Long before Dilantin and Phenobarbital, there was epilepsy. And herbal remedies.
Of course, these herbal epilepsy remedies are NOT substitutes to anti-seizure medications, but are more like a supplementary support. Most of them work by preventing a seizure and other symptoms of epilepsy.
(NYU Langone Medical Center estimates that 20 percent of people taking prescription drugs also use herbs.)
Some may sound weird and others familiar. But hey, how can you argue with success?
Tags: anti-seizure compliments, Epilepsy, herbal, natural, perscription drugs, remedies, supplementary support
Breaking News from NPR…
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Will that antidepressant work for you?
The answer may be in your brain waves…
New Epilepsy Diagnosis — Now What?
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You’re scared. Who wouldn’t be?
The docs. There are lots of terrific ones.
The tests. They can actually help to correctly diagnose your epilepsy.
I’ll die. Not very likely.
My life is over. No, it’s not, but it will change…
A BIG Mistake…
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I know it’s happened to many of you, but this is the first time for me.
I forgot to take my nighttime meds.
Tags: day-time meds, dizzy, forgot, melatonin, nauseous, nighttime meds, no relief, sleep
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