JME . juvenile miclonic epilepsy

RIVOTRIL & REVOCON TABLETS MEDICNE
by RAVIPUGALIYA

  



, Oct 24, 2007 11:19PM
Tags: neurofibromatosis, Neurology, abdominal, eyes
my son 's age  is 13 yrs & is having some sort of peculiar movement/jerks
in various parts of body one at a time. Sometime in shoulders,sometimes in mouth, sometimes abdominal jerking. then eyes winking, sometime  in face by awning peculiarly.  
this new kind of jerking
or you can say TICKLING sensation which turns in jerking .Sometimes this JERKING is so vigorous -- 20 times in 30 minutes
MEDICNE:prescribed him are:-
DESVAL ER 500MG
RIVOTRIL 25 MG
REVOCON 5 MG..
Medical Doctor treating him is NEUROLOGIST
TELL ME WHETHER HE IS BEING TREATED PROPERLY OR NOT, BECAUSE HE IS NOT CURING FULLY.




From the symptoms that you have mentioned, it appears that your chils suffers from a juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME, a form of seizure). The drug treatment being offered to him includes valproate (desval), clonazepam (rivotril), and tetrabenazine (revocon). These are the standard therapies for the treatment of JME. The effects of these medications takes some time to appear. How long has your son been taking these medications?

You could consult your doctor and in case these medications are not being that effective, other alternative medicines like lamotrigine could be used.