Why is this medication prescribed? Vigabatrin tablets are used in combination with other medications to control certain types of seizures in adults whose seizures were not controlled by several other medications.Vigabatrin powder is used to control infantile spasms (a type of seizure that babies and children can have) in babies 1 month to 2 years of age.Vigabatrin is in a cla*s of medications called anticonvulsants.It works by decreasing abnormal electrical activity in the brain.
How should this medication be used?
Vigabatrin comes as a powder to be mixed with water and as a tablet to take by mouth.It is usually taken twice a day with or without food.Take vigabatrin at around the same times every day.Follow the directions on your prescription label carefully, and ask your doctor or pharmacist to explain any part you do not understand.Take vigabatrin exactly as directed.Do not take more or less of it or take it more often than prescribed by your doctor.
Your doctor will probably start you on a low dose of vigabatrin and gradually increase your dose, not more often than once every 3 days for babies receiving the powder mixed with water and once a week for adults taking tablets.
Vigabatrin may help control your condition but will not cure it.Continue to take vigabatrin even if you feel well.Do not stop taking vigabatrin without talking to your doctor.If you suddenly stop taking vigabatrin, your seizures may happen more often.Your doctor will probably decrease your dose gradually, not more often than once every 3-4 days for babies receiving the powder mixed with water and once a week for adults taking tablets.Tell your doctor immediately if your seizures happen more often while you are stopping vigabatrin.
If you are taking the powder, you must mix it with cold or room temperature water immediately before taking it.Do not mix the powder with any other liquid or food.The doctor will tell you how many packets of vigabatrin powder to use and how much water to mix it with.The doctor will also tell you how much of the mixture to take for each dose.Do not use a household spoon to measure your dose.Use the oral syringe that came with the medication.Carefully read the manufacturer's instructions that describe how to mix and take a dose of vigabatrin.Be sure to ask your pharmacist or doctor if you have any questions about how to mix or take this medication.
Talk to the doctor about what to do if your baby vomits, spits up, or only takes part of the dose of vigabatrin.
Are there other uses for this medicine?
This medication may be prescribed for other uses; ask your doctor or pharmacist for more information.
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