[MelodyL]

Hi all.

Really need your input here.

Alan just came home from the Neurologist and he had been given a prescription for generic Trileptal which he filled.

So he walks in the door and says "I will start taking Trileptal".

I immediately said "well, that's an anti-seizure drug and you know what happened when you went on Neurontin, and Lyrica, you got DEATHLY sick. He had gotten fevers, bad body aches (like a flu). And just to make sure it was the Neurontin, we waited a few days, he took it again, and the same thing happened.

And just to remind you all, when Alan took Celebrex, he was hospitalized with a BODY RASH, his face blew up and I read up and that's Steven Johnson's syndrome right? And he was told to never take Celebrex or any Sulfa drugs again as long as he lived.

So I just went online and read about Trileptal and found that in some cases it results in Steven Johnson Syndrome (some people have had to be hospitalized).

Now when the neurologist (I wasn't there by the way), when she prescribed this Trileptal for him, he told her about the Neurontin and Lyrica reactions (but he didn't tell her about Celebrex) because he doesn't know to tell her this.

She said "This is not like Neurontin or Lyrica, you can try this"

So I just want to know, SHOULD HE TRY THIS PILL.

The bottle says: "OXCARBAZEPINE 150"

I know there are risks with any drugs, but look what happened to him when he took the Celebrex and he had this big rash and his face blew up, and when he took Neurontin or Lyrica he got so sick.

I would appreciate any information.

I told him "you are not taking ANYTHING, until I run this by the people at Neurotalk"

Thanks much

Melody