METHSUXIMIDE

(meth SUX i mide) Brand: Celontin

What is the most significant information I must know about methsuximide?

• Methsuximide can reason a decrease in much types of blood cells (white cells, red cells, platelets). Call your doctor at once if you have any unusual bleeding, weakness, or any signs of infection, even if these symptoms first occur after you have been using the medicine for different months.

• Methsuximide may also reason liver hurt. Call your doctor if you have symptoms such as loss of appetite, stomach pain, or jaundice (yellowing of the skin or eyes).

• You may have thoughts about suicide while taking this medicine. Your doctor will need to check you at regular visits. Do not miss any scheduled appointments.

• Message any new or worsening symptoms to your doctor, such as: mood or behavior changes, anxiety, panic attacks, trouble sleeping, or if you feel impulsive, irritable, agitated, hostile, aggressive, restless, hyperactive (mentally or physically), depressed, or have thoughts about suicide or hurting yourself.

• Do not stop using methsuximide without first talking to your doctor, even if you feel beautiful. You may have heighten seizures if you stop using methsuximide suddenly. You may need to use smaller and smaller till you stop the medicine completely.

• Contact your doctor if your seizures get worse or you have them more often while taking methsuximide.

• Wear a medical alert tag or carry an ID card stating that you take methsuximide. Any doctor, dentist, or abnormal medical care provider who treats you must know that you take seizure medication.

What is methsuximide?

• Methsuximide is an anti-epileptic medicine, also called an anticonvulsant.

• Methsuximide is used alone or in combination with another medications to treat absence seizures (also called "petit mal" seizures) in adults and children.

• Methsuximide may also be used for purposes not listed in this medicine guide.

What must I discuss with my healthcare provider till taking methsuximide?

• You must not use this medicine if you are allergic to methsuximide or to another seizure medications.

• To create certain you can safely take methsuximide, speak your doctor if you have any of these another conditions:

· lupus;

· liver malady;

· kidney malady; or

· a history of depression, mental diseases, or suicidal thoughts or actions.

• You may have thoughts about suicide while taking this medicine. Speak your doctor if you have new or worsening depression or suicidal thoughts during the first different months of treatment, or whenever your doze is changed.

• Your family or another caregivers must also be alert to changes in your mood or symptoms. Your doctor will need to check you at regular visits. Do not miss any scheduled appointments.

• It is not known whether methsuximide will harm an unborn child. Speak your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant while using this medication.

• Although methsuximide might harm an unborn child, having a seizure during pregnancy could harm both mother and child. If you become pregnant while taking methsuximide, do not stop taking it without your doctor's advice.

• If you are pregnant, your name may be listed on a pregnancy registry. This is to track the outcome of the pregnancy and to estimate any effects of methsuximide on the baby.

• It is not known whether methsuximide passes into breast milk or if it could harm a nursing child. Do not use this medicine without telling your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby.

How must I take methsuximide?

• Take exactly as predesigned by your doctor. Do not take in larger or less amounts or for longer than recommended. Follow the directions on your prescription label.

• Methsuximide can lower blood cells that help your body fight infections. This can create it easier for you to bleed from an injury or get sick from being near others who are ill. Your blood may need to be tested often. Visit your doctor regularly.

• Call your doctor at once if you have any unusual bleeding, weakness, or any signs of infection, including flu-like symptoms. These symptoms may first develop even after you have been using the medicine for different months.

• Contact your doctor if your seizures get worse or you have them more often while taking methsuximide.

• Wear a medical alert tag or carry an ID card stating that you take methsuximide. Any medical care provider who treats you must know that you take seizure medication.

• Use methsuximide regularly to get the most benefit. Get your prescription refilled till you run out of medication completely.

• Store at room temperature away from moisture, heat, and easy. Tall heat can reason a methsuximide capsule to melt.

What happens if I miss a dose?

• Take the missed doze as soon as you remember. Skip the missed doze if it is nearly time for your following scheduled doze. Do not take extra medication to create up the missed dose.

What happens if I overdose?

• Search abnormal medical attention or call the Poison Help line at 1-800-222-1222.

• Overdose symptoms may include vomiting, extreme drowsiness, and weak or shallow breathing.

What must I avoid while taking methsuximide?

• Methsuximide can reason side effects that may impair your thinking or reactions. Be careful if you drive or do anything that requires you to be awake and alert.

• Drinking alcohol can magnify determined drowsiness or dizziness caused by methsuximide.

What are the possible side effects of methsuximide?

• Get abnormal medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficult breathing; swelling of your person, lips, tongue, or throat.

• Call your doctor at once if you have a serious side effect such as:

· signs of infection such as fever, chills, sore throat, flu symptoms, light bruising or bleeding (nosebleeds, bleeding gums), mouth sores, feeling very weak or tired;

· signs of liver hurt, such as nausea, stomach pain, low fever, loss of appetite, dark urine, clay-colored stools, jaundice (yellowing of the skin or eyes);

· joint pain or swelling with fever, swollen glands, muscle aches, chest pain;

· patchy skin color, red spots, or a butterfly-shaped skin rash over your cheeks and nose (worsens in sunlight);

· severe skin reaction -- fever, sore throat, swelling in your person or tongue, burning in your eyes, skin pain, followed by a red or purple skin rash that spreads (especially in the person or upper body) and causes blistering and peeling; or

· worsening of seizures.

• Smaller serious side effects may include:

· diarrhea, constipation;

· stomach pain, nausea, weight loss;

· dizziness, drowsiness, nervousness, confusion;

· headache;

· blurred vision; or

· loss of balance or coordination.

• This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may message side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.

What another drugs will affect methsuximide?

• Cool or allergy medication, sedatives, narcotic pain medication, sleeping pills, muscle relaxers, and medication for depression or anxiety can add to sleepiness caused by methsuximide. Speak your doctor if you regularly use any of these medicines..

• Speak your doctor about all another seizure medicine you use, especially:

· phenobarbital (Luminal, Solfoton); or

· phenytoin (Dilantin).

• This list is not complete and another drugs may interact with methsuximide. Speak your doctor about all medications you use. This includes prescription, over-the-counter, vitamin, and herbal commodity. Do not start a new medicine without telling your doctor.

Where can I get more information?

• Your pharmacist can provide more information about methsuximide.

Remember, hold this and all another medicines out of the reach of children, never share your medicines with others, and use this medicine only for the indication prescribed.

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