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(also known as Phenytoin)
Phenytoin sodium (marketed as Dilantin® in the USA and as Epanutin® in the UK, by Parke-Davis, now part of Pfizer) is a commonly used antiepileptic. It was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1953 for use in seizures. Phenytoin acts to damp the unwanted, runaway brain activity seen in seizure by reducing ... more at Wikipedia

Treatment Success Rate

Top 5 Communities
Condition Members Success
Epilepsy & Seizures
608
66%
Brain Injury
11
91%
Trigeminal Neuralgia
4
75%
Brain / CNS Tumors
2
100%
Muscular Dystrophies
2
100%
Overall, 68% (649 Members) find Dilantin helpful
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Dilantin Reviews

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Don't remember.Too young
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allergy
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Used while in hospital
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is ok but needs level checks regularly, sometimes my levels have been out of balance and the side affects where blurred vision and loss of balance.
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had an alergic reaction to it when I was 8 or 9 yrs. old
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makes exremely tired
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Worked for two years.
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works
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helped stop seizures when I was on this with two others, but was a basket case. I was in a different world.
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Worked, but had an unwanted side effect, had to get off of it.
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