Sir my mother rescently had a minor nerve injury in brain and a minute clot doctor prescribed to take eption tablets dailt twice for one year.Is it safe to take them ? And is nerve injury a major problem? And how many days she have to use eptoin drug ?
Tablet Option contains Phenytoin. It is used for control and prevention of seizures/epilepsy. Generally it is safe. But it has few side effects on long term use-ataxia, nystagmus, gum hyperplasia, glucose intolerance, cerebellar degeneration, alter metabolism of other medicine which are primarily metabolized by liver. It needs to be taken under supervision of a neurologist. Nerve injury in brain can be minor or major-depends on size and site of injury. Duration of option is based on status of seizure control, and it varies from patient condition.