Posted by rod on February 24, 2004, at 4:32:37
In reply to HELP! MY SON IS USING PHENYTOIN FOR OTHER PUPOSES, posted by xanthophill on February 24, 2004, at 0:10:00
Hmm, as someone who takes a lot of psychotropic medication my inhibition treshold to take drugs is very low, so I might be not of great help here. Wow, I did not know that you can use this for that purpose. How old is your son? If I were the father of your son, I would not worry much about this. Many people get drunk every weekend. That might be of greater concern than this.
> putting my sons room right i came across a bottle of "di-hydan"--phenytoin which he has gotten over the internet from Pakistan.Stringent interrogation and prodding has revealed only this "its inst a drug okay :people do this for greater concentration"...........interrogation stringet still has yielded this "MY LIFE ...I DO WHATEVER I WANT! if not infront of you then behind your back".........please dont mind the melodrama but as a mother....i losing sleep at night over this..
> The search on net has indeed shown that phenytoin (siezure control for epileptics) is widely used as a nootropic/cognition enhacing substance........thye say its "stablizes the electric imlblances in your neurons allowing you to concentrate better and for longer..making you calmer and focused".....how much of this all is true?...people have tried this will a great help if they can tell me of the benefit gained from used.
> Furthermore can anyone tell me for the following :
> 1)Phenytoin as a hepatotoxic.I dont know, but I guess its toxic like all older drugs.
> 2)Folic aicd and Calciferol supplementaion
It "detroys" some Folic acid and Vitamin D. So I guess supplementin these is a good thing.
> 3)Gum enlargement (increased collagen prodution)
No clue.
> 4)Dosage for cognitive enhancement
I guess it is a subeffective dose for epilepsy, because generally it causes cognitive disturbance and memory problems.> Please reply i need to know whats going on
>
>Thats all I can say, even this might not be a great support for you.
Roland
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