Starting trileptal

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Hi Jimbobmoore,

I took trileptal for a short time and it's a lot like tegretol if you have ever taken that before. Whatever you do stay away from grapefruit and grapefruit juice because the enzymes in the fruit can mess up the trileptal and cause a mess. Also if you ever have to take an antibiotic be sure to check with your pharmacists because some antibiotics can make the drug toxic this happened to me a few yrs. ago and I ended up in the ER. If you get a sunburn when your outside be sure to put on a 45 proof sunblock because the drug will draw the sun in and make a person burn quick.
The drug worked well for me for my absence and complex partial seizures then right out of the blue I became allergic to the drug and had to go off of it. I wish you the best of luck and May God Bless You!

Sue
 
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