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04-23-2011, 02:54 AM
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04-23-2011, 04:56 PM
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Hi lkawausn,
Welcome to the forum! Vimpat and grapefruit don't go together very good. The enzymes in the grapefruit can mess up the vimpat and many other sz. meds. I know that since I've been on vimpat in Aug. 2010 I found out that grapefruit and grapefruit juice will mess up the vimpat so the drug will not work and it overloads the liver which can cause an overdose for a person and lead to death. It was the same thing for tegretol and trileptal also. I hope I have been of some help and May God Bless You! Sue |
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04-26-2011, 01:35 PM
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I was coming on here to ask about Vimpat! I am taking 50 mg 2x/day (on top of mu other meds) and I can't stay awake! Am I just sleeping through my seizures? I hate this. I feel like a zombie.
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04-26-2011, 04:15 PM
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Hi Spacedoubt,
Welcome to the forum! I take 200 mg. of vimpat a day and there are days when I feel really tired and other days when I'm wide awake and can't sleep. Vimpat can make a person feel sleepy sometimes and wide awake at other times. If this continues you might want to speak to your pharmacist about this and then speak to your Dr. I take 2 other AED's (seizure meds) along with the vimpat. Here's wishing You well and May God Bless You! Sue |
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04-08-2015, 03:12 PM
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I'm on Vimpat and am doing relatively fine now with just one petite seizure every few months (knock on wood), so I've recently been taken off my second drug, Zonegran to shoot for less side effects. I am undecided whether to stay with just the Vimpat or add a second drug, Clobazam. I've read somewhere that Vimpat shouldn't be taken alone, but I hesitate starting another. Is anyone on ONLY Vimpat that can tell me their experience with it as a single drug therapy?
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  Hello and welcome, happy to see you have come to be with us, it a great place to be. As you can see we have a great number and caring fellow members here, where you have find a supportive and relaxing place. Have fun looking into the different forums. Our shoulders are here for support in many ways. Wonderful news to share with us. When things like this come in it gives the reason for there is a solution to our plomblems. Please keep us up to date on your condition. Again welcome, looking forward to seeing you around. My thoughts and prayers are with you.  Darlene 
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