Although epilepsy is a difficult disease to treat, as long as the patient, family and doctor cooperate and communicate well with each other, the majority of seizures can be well controlled and most patients heal well after regular treatment. Please read the following carefully: medication needs to know.
1, during the medication period, your condition may recur, please do not terminate treatment for a single seizure, you should contact your physician in time to inform them of the patient’s condition in order to establish an individualized treatment plan for the patient;
2. Never reduce or stop taking each medication at random;
3, add or subtract drugs must be under the guidance of a specialist;
4. Never miss a dose of medication;
5, regular anti-epileptic drugs (whether Chinese or Western) are relatively safe, but all drugs may have side effects, please read the drug instructions carefully before using the drug; make sure that you or your family fully understand the contents of the instructions before starting to take the drug;
6.After taking the drug, if any adverse reactions occur, you should promptly consult a doctor or inform the physician; (for example: rash, itchy skin, unexplained fever, significant loss of appetite, etc.)
7. After the first month of drug intake, blood tests, liver and kidney function tests should be performed according to the situation;
Never take the so-called pure Chinese medicine: tablets, capsules, pills, powders at will. Most of these so-called pure Chinese medicines have cheap western drugs, and some of the so-called pure Chinese medicines without side effects even have 4~5 cheap western drugs (mostly Valium, sodium phenytoin, phenobarbital, carbamazepine, etc.), which have great toxic side effects and can easily lead to the formation of intractable epilepsy, making the regular treatment ineffective. The actual fact is that you can find a lot of people who are not able to get a good deal on a lot of things.
The things you can’t eat are.
1, various types of alcohol and alcoholic beverages, mash;
2, strong tea and drinks containing caffeine and excitatory ingredients, such as: coffee, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, very cola, red cattle drinks, three Le syrup, life one, Ang Lee one, etc.;
3, do not take the following drugs when you have a cold.
1) anti-cold medicines containing paracetamol, such as: ketamine, cold clear, cold pass, cold spirit, quick-acting cold capsules, silver warp vitamin C, Likshu, Tylenol, (new) Contec, etc.
2) Cough medicines containing opioids, codeine or paracetamol, such as: compound licorice tablets, strong cough syrup, federal cough syrup, Chili cough syrup, rock cabbage, etc.
3) Caffeine-containing antipyretic and analgesic drugs, such as: APC (compound aspirin), depot tablets, etc.
4) Do not intravenous drip penicillin (can be taken orally and intramuscularly).
4, a variety of weight loss drugs ;
5, Chinese medicine of ephedra, poppy husk, epiphyllum, etc. ;
6, should not watch TV and gaze at the fluorescent screen of computers and game consoles for a long time. When watching TV, you should try to stay away from the TV and change the channel with the remote control. It is best to wear a pair of light filtering glasses (especially for occipital lobe epilepsy);
7. Pay attention to avoid staying up late and being overly tired (especially for patients with primary epilepsy).
Please pay special attention to epilepsy patients: chicken, duck, fish, vegetables and fruits, milk and eggs, and other daily foods in life are all allowed! Whether it’s rooster and hen, sheep, ewe pork, carp, and the so-called hair products, etc. are not related to epilepsy! All can be eaten!!!! The actual fact is that you will be able to get a lot more than just a few of the most popular and most popular products. There are some genetic related metabolic diseases, epilepsy is just one of the symptoms, need to avoid some food.