الأدوية والمكملات الغذائية

Precautions

Drug information provided by: Merative, Micromedex®

It is very important that your doctor check your or your child's progress at regular visits, to make sure the medicine is working properly. Blood tests may be needed to check for any unwanted effects.

Using this medicine during the later part of pregnancy can harm your unborn baby. If you think you have become pregnant while using the medicine, tell your doctor right away.

Do not suddenly stop using this medicine without checking first with your doctor. Stopping the medicine suddenly may cause your seizures to return or to occur more often. Your doctor may want you or your child to gradually reduce the amount you are using before stopping it completely.

Signs of an overdose include: difficult or labored breathing, irregular, fast, slow, or shallow breathing, or pale or blue lips, fingernails, or skin.

Serious skin reactions (eg, Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis) can occur while using this medicine. Check with your doctor right away if you have blistering, peeling, or loosening of the skin, chills, cough, diarrhea, itching, joint or muscle pain, red irritated eyes, red skin lesions, often with a purple center, sore throat, sores, ulcers, or white spots in the mouth or on the lips, or unusual tiredness or weakness with this medicine.

Tell your doctor right away if you or your child develop a fever, rash, swollen, painful, or tender lymph glands in the neck, armpit, or groin, unusual bleeding or bruising, or yellow eyes or skin after using this medicine. These may be symptoms of a serious and life-threatening condition called drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS).

This medicine may cause serious allergic reactions, including rash, fever, face or limb edema, and lymphadenopathy. Check with your doctor right away if you have swelling or puffiness of the face, swollen, painful, or tender lymph glands in the neck, armpit, or groin.

Check with your doctor right away if you have chest pain or discomfort, irregular heartbeat recurrent, fainting, or trouble breathing. These may be symptoms of QT prolongation.

If you or your child develop any unusual or strange thoughts and behavior while taking this medicine, be sure to discuss it with your doctor. Some of the changes that have occurred in people taking this medicine are like those seen in people who drink too much alcohol. Phenobarbital may cause confusion, worsening of depression, hallucinations (seeing, hearing, or feeling things that are not there), suicidal thoughts, and unusual excitement, nervousness, or irritability.

Do not take other medicines unless they have been discussed with your doctor. This includes prescription or nonprescription (over-the-counter [OTC]) medicines and herbal or vitamin supplements.