PHENYTOIN FOR EPILEPSY

Phenytoin for Epilepsy



Phenytoin for Epilepsy

Introduction

Even if a patient is having the symptoms of epilepsy she can still consider of becoming pregnant, having talked to her doctor. By adjusting their medications and getting carefully monitored throughout pregnancy most of the women carrying epilepsy can become pregnant and give birth to a healthy baby. But the safety lies greatly in planning your pregnancy as according to the doctor's advice. Stopping medicine on your own during pregnancy may turn a bad ploy. (Pennell 2003 61)

More than 0.8 million women in England carrying epilepsy symptoms fall in the childbearing age and ...