NEUROCYSTOSRCOSISTS

[FOTOANI]

DEAR DR,

I BEEN DIAGNOST  12 YEARS AGO WITH CYSTS  IN IN MY BRAIN  AND I STARTED GETTING SIZURES  AND THEY PUT ME IN MEDICATIONS AND AND IT STOPS AND I CAME TO AMERICA AND I WAS SIZURE FREE FOR 11 YEARS AND FIRST 4 YEARS I WAS ON DILANTIN AND TEGRETOL AND I WAS GETTING PROBLEMS ON MY LIVER AND AFTER I CHANGED MY DR HE PUT ME ON TRILAPTAL  AND AGAIN I WAS OK TILL 2008 JUNE WITH MY NEW MRI IT SHOWED NEW LISIONS AND MY DR PUT ME ON ANTIBIOTICS AND DECADRON THEN I GOT STRONG SIZURE SO BAD I WAS ON VENTRLATOR FOR ONE DAY AND THEN I CAME HOME WITH ADDING NEW MADDICATION KEPPRA SO THANX GOD NO STRONG SEZURE AND THE DECADRON GAVE ME BAD SIDE EFFECTS 12 MG A DAY FOR ABOUT 4 MONTHS MY WEIGHT JUMPED  FROM 180 TO 199 LBS MY CHOLESTROL JUMPED FROM 175 TO 299 AND NOW I STOPED I FELL SO BAD TOO .
MY QUESTION IS .  AFTER I STOPED THE DECADRON BY 12 MG TO 8MG THEN 4 MG AND 2MG AND THEN I STOPED, IAM GETTING SIDDE EFECTS I GET PAIN AROUND MY EYES THEN I SLEEP DURING THE DAY ALOTE 4 TO 5 HOURS AND IAM VERY WEAK I FEEL TO WOMET . IS THIS ALL SIDE EFFECTS FROM DECADRON OR SOMETHING ELSE IS THIS,PLEASE HELP ME WITH THIS.

TAKE CARE DR.

[FOTOANI]

THANX DR

YES I WAS ON ALBENDEZOLE FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS,YOU HAVE FAX NUMBER I CAN FAX IT THE MOST RECENT MRI ,,THE PAIN I GET ITS AROUND MY EYES ONLY .I TAKE PAIN KILLER AND IT GOES AWAY.

THANX DR.

[DrKalraMD]

Hi, probably the symptoms you are having are due to raised intracranial pressure which is decreased by decadron. Please get fundoscopy (eye fundus examination) to rule out papilledema (sign of raised intracranial pressure). Were you prescribed albendazole or other drug for neurocysticercosis?

For more information visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papilledema
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1176337