According to the Epilepsy Foundation, mothers taking seizure medication, risk birth defects of 4 to 8 percent — compared with 2 to 3 percent for all babies. Not much of a difference.
But the risk seems to be highest when multiple seizure medications are taken. Yet, without medication, uncontrolled seizures may deprive the baby of oxygen. Seizures can also increase the risk of miscarriage or stillbirth.
So, it’s important, as you know, to get the right balance.
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With all the colds and flu going around, it’s not easy to figure out which medications which are safe to take.
Obviously, the best way to manage medication interactions is to avoid medications that are known to cause problems.
A few medicines that you pick up off the shelf at the drug store can potentially increase the frequency of seizures in people with epilepsy, or even cause first-time seizures.
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Motrin,
Mucinex,
normal saline nasal spray,
pain,
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Sudafed,
Tamiflu,
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Zyrtec
It’s the $64,000 question.
Can I have sex with epilepsy, all the AEDs, and side-effects?
The answer is yes.
If you’re willing to be flexible.
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Embrace makes it very easy to monitor physiological stress, sleep and physical activity.
You can check your entire day in a glance in a way that is easy to understand.
If you push yourself too much, the Embrace will gently remind you with a vibration that you need some time to recover. You can customize it to suit your behavior and needs.
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sleep,
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No, this is not an advertisement. Nor is it an endorsement.
But I just read this article about Direct Primary Care by Lydia Ramsey, reporter for the Business Insider’s Science Section and thought you should know about it. Because it’s a real break-through in medical care.
Especially in reference to your choice of a Personal Care Physician.
Perhaps “Direct Primary Care” sounds too general and is not specific enough for those of us who have epilepsy. But for those who have “healthy” family members, it sounds like a real “find”.
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cost-effective,
direct primary care,
does not replace insurance,
family-medicine physicians,
healthcare,
internists,
medications and lab tests at or near wholesale prices,
monthly membership fee,
near-constant access,
on-call physician,
out-of-pocket,
pediatricians,
same-day or next-day appointments,
takes no insurance
I have a friend who’s tried virtually everything. Surgeries, all the appropriate meds on the market. You name it — she’s been there.
Now she’s enrolling in a program that will hopefully help her, as well as many others.
There’s a whole treasure trove of clinical trials information now available as a free service of the National Institutes of Health, developed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM).
ClinicalTrials.gov is a web-based resource that provides patients, family members, health care professionals, researchers, and the public with easy access to information on publicly and privately supported clinical studies on a wide range of diseases and conditions.
Presently, there are 131,167 studies with locations in 179 countries, including the U.S. Studies are easy to search for by topic and location.
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New year’s blessings to all my Epilepsy Talk friends.
A wise woman once told me: “When you wake up in the morning — before you get out of bed — think of 5 (or 10!) things that you’re really grateful for.” (I think 10 is a bit of a stretch.)
That simple advice, changed my attitude. And my life…
I recently came across an article in an independent publication called “Weird Epilepsy Triggers”.
The article seemed awfully familiar to me at first — and then, sickeningly, I realized that the site had copied an Epilepsy Talk article.
Word for word…
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