⚠️Prescription Required

During treatment with EPTOIN ER 300MG TABLET, your doctor might ask you to take several blood tests, to monitor any side effects, and to check the amount of phenytoin in your blood to make dose adjustments. You should brush and floss your teeth and see a dentist regularly while taking EPTOIN ER 300MG TABLET, to prevent overgrowth of gums.

Before taking EPTOIN ER 300MG TABLET, inform your doctor if you have any liver or kidney problems, or porphyria (an inherited disease that affects haemoglobin biosynthesis). Avoid consumption of alcohol while taking EPTOIN ER 300MG TABLET as it may affect its concentration in the blood. EPTOIN ER 300MG TABLET should be used with caution in pregnant women only if advised by the doctor as it may cause harm to the unborn baby. Women of childbearing potential should use a suitable non-hormonal contraceptive method to avoid getting pregnant while taking EPTOIN ER 300MG TABLET. It is not recommended for use in breastfeeding women.

Patients taking EPTOIN ER 300MG TABLET may have thoughts of harming or killing themselves. If at any time you have these thoughts, immediately consult your doctor. EPTOIN ER 300MG TABLET should be cautiously used in children and in elderly patients, particularly with kidney or liver problems. The most common side effects of taking EPTOIN ER 300MG TABLET are irregular or involuntary eye movements, slurred speech, drowsiness, problems with movement and balance, decreased coordination and confusion. Consult your doctor if any of the side effects worsen.

USES OF EPTOIN ER 300MG TABLET

• Prevent or control certain forms of epilepsy (that occur during or after brain surgeries or severe head injury)
• Treats trigeminal neuralgia (facial nerve pain)

HOW EPTOIN ER 300MG TABLET WORKS
EPTOIN ER 300MG TABLET controls seizures (fits) by reducing the abnormal activity of the nerve cells in the brain. It also reduces the pain by blocking the transmission of pain signals across the nervous system thus reducing the symptoms of trigeminal neuralgia.

DIRECTIONS FOR USE
Take EPTOIN ER 300MG TABLET as advised by your physician. Swallow EPTOIN ER 300MG TABLET with a glass of water. Do not crush or chew the medicine. Your doctor will determine the correct dose and duration for you depending on your age, body weight and disease condition. Do not stop taking EPTOIN ER 300MG TABLET unless your doctor advises you to stop.

SIDE EFFECTS OF EPTOIN ER 300MG TABLET

• COMMON
  • Irregular or involuntary eye movements
  • Slurred speech
  • Drowsiness
  • Problems with movement and balance
  • Decreased coordination
  • Morbilliform (measles-like) rash
  • Confusion
• RARE
  • Allergic reactions (such as a evere rash)
  • Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) (signs include fever, rash, facial swelling and enlarged lymph nodes)
  • Dyskinesias (impaired voluntary movement) including chorea (jerky involuntary movements of the shoulders, hips, and face), dystonia (muscular spasm and abnormal posture)
  • Shaking and asterixis (inability to maintain sustained posture with subsequent brief jerky involuntary movements)
  • Certain types of dermatitis (skin inflammation)

Side Effects:
Stop taking EPTOIN ER 300MG TABLET and contact your doctor immediately if you experience any of the following side effects:

• Severe allergic reactions (swelling of the eyelids, face, lips, mouth, throat and tongue which causes breathing or swallowing difficulties and sudden wheeziness)
• Signs of blood abnormalities (bruising, fever, severe sore throat, paleness, decreased red and white blood cells or platelets)
• Sudden stopping of the heart known as cardiac arrest (signs include shortness of breath, being unconscious or unresponsive)
• Bradycardia (signs include dizziness, tiredness, slow or skipping heartbeats and chest pain)
• Suicidal thoughts or actions (like thoughts or attempts of suicide or dying, new or worsened depression, anxiety or irritability, agitation or restlessness, panic attacks, trouble sleeping, aggression, anger or violence, acting on dangerous impulses, mania (extreme increase in activity and talking) and other unusual changes in behaviour or mood)
• Serious skin reactions (such as stevens-johnson syndrome, toxic epidermal necrolysis and acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis) accompanied by reddish spots or circular patches with widespread blistering and peeling of the skin, ulcers in the mouth throat, nose and genitals, red and swollen eyes, flu-like symptoms, and red scaly rash with bumps under the skin)
• Hypersensitivity reactions (skin rash and fever, swollen glands) and in severe cases it causes an inflammatory disease called systemic lupus erythematosus (signs include pain and swelling of the joints)
• Have confusion or mental illness (signs of high amount of medicine in the blood)

If you or anyone else accidentally take too much of EPTOIN ER 300MG TABLET, consult your doctor immediately or visit the nearby hospital. Overdosage symptoms of EPTOIN ER 300MG TABLET include nystagmus (rapid eye movements), ataxia (clumsy movements), dysarthria (trouble speaking), shaking, hyperreflexia (overactive bodily reflexes like twitching), lethargy, slurred speech, blurred vision, nausea, vomiting, low blood pressure, low heart rate, coma and cardiac arrest.