Epanutin caps Treatment Report
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What is Epanutin caps?
Epanutin is a brand name for the drug Phenytoin, a commonly used antiepileptic. Phenytoin acts to damp the unwanted, runaway brain activity seen in seizure by reducing electrical conductance among brain cells by stabilizing the inactive state of voltage gated sodium channels.
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Reasons Taken
1 patients in the community are taking or have taken Epanutin caps.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
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| Fasciculations | 1 | 100% |
| Cramps, calf muscles | 1 | 100% |
Dosages
Based on the patients currently taking Epanutin caps.
| 100 mg day | ||
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Duration
How long current patients have been taking Epanutin caps or how long patients were taking Epanutin caps before stopping.
Currently taking Epanutin caps
| 0-1 month | 1-3 months | 3-6 months | 6 months-1year | 1-2 years | 2 years or more |
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