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Epilepsy

Phenobarbital

04/29/2008 11:20AM

Question:

I had been on pheno. for less than a year. Finally weaned it off a month ago. Lamictal amount w/ pheno. was high. After pheno. was gone my eye sight got better, which only kicks in after lamictal is taken. Recently, one eye started to have the worste of the blurred vision again? Why only 1 eye?

Answer:

If your symptoms are only in one eye, they are unlikely to be from medication. You probably need to have an eye examination to make look for other causes of visual blurring.

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Response by:

University of Cincinnati David M. Ficker, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Neurology
College of Medicine
University of Cincinnati
David M. Ficker, MD