Uses, Side Effects, ofEpilex Chrono 200/87mg Tablet 10'S

What EPILEX CHRONO is used for?

It is used to deal with epilepsy (fits) in adults and children

Warnings And Precautions

Talk for your medical doctor earlier than taking this medication, in case you:

• Are allergic to Sodium valproate and Valproic acid or another substances of this medication
• Have had mind of harming or killing themselves
• Have diabetes
• Have a carnitine palmitoyl transferase kind II deficiency
• Have kidney or liver problems
• Have a `urea cycle ailment` – in which an excessive amount of ammonia builds up withinside the frame
• Have an contamination known as `systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)`
• Have a unprecedented contamination known as porphyria
• Have a genetic trouble due to a mitochondrial ailment (e.g. Alpers-Huttenlocher syndrome)

Interactions

Tell your medical doctor in case you are taking:

• Other drugs used to deal with fits (epilepsy) phenobarbital, primidone, phenytoin, carbamazepine, rufinamide, topiramate, acetazolamide, lamotrigine and felbamate
• Warfarin used to save you blood clots
• Temozolomide used to deal with cancer
• Medicines used to calm emotional and intellectual fitness problems (consisting of schizophrenia, bipolar ailment and depression) which includes quetiapine, diazepam and olanzapine, selegiline, linezolid
• Propofol used for anaesthesia
• Medicines used to deal with malaria which includes mefloquine and chloroquine
• Cimetidine used for belly ulcers
• Lopinavir, zidovudine used for HIV contamination and AIDS
• Imipenem, meropenem, rifampicin and erythromycin used to deal with bacterial infections
• Cholestyramine used to decrease blood fat (cholesterol) degrees

Directions for uses

• Always take this medication precisely as your medical doctor has advised you
• Do now no longer weigh down or bite the tablet
• It have to be taken orally with a drink of water

Side Effects

Like all drugs, this medication can reason aspect effects, despite the fact that now no longer all of us receives them.

• Nausea, vomiting, belly pain or diarrhea
• Swelling of gums or sore mouth
• Fainting
• Hearing loss
• Nail and nail mattress disorders
• Acne
• Hair loss, adjustments in texture, shade or increase)
• Increased degrees of a few hormones (androgens), which can also additionally result in improved hair increase at the face, breasts or chest, pimples or thinning hair
• Narrow or blocked blood vessels (vasculitis)
• Changes in women`s durations and improved hair increase in women
• Breast growth in men
• Swelling of the ft and legs (oedema)
• Weight gain – as your urge for food can be improved
• Blood withinside the urine
• Seeing or listening to matters that aren't there (hallucinations)
• Aggression, agitation, disturbance in attention, odd behaviour, restlessness or hyperactivity, and gaining knowledge of ailment
• Tingling or numbness withinside the palms and ft
• Lowering of regular frame temperature
• Muscle ache and weakness (rhabdomyolysis)
• Obesity

Storage

• Keep this medication out of attain of children
• Store at room temperature (15-25°C)
• Do now no longer use this medication after the expiry date