We are weaning our son off Vimpat right now, I just decreased his dose from 2cc BID to 1 cc BID today. He is complaining of a really bad headache right now. I am wondering if this is a side effect of weaning him off the medication. The only time he ever had head aches was right before he had his seizure 3.5 months ago, and he has also been seizure free since then.
Hi, Weaning from Vim pat rarely cause some discontinuation symptoms like headache. If you want to tapper the dose, do it very gradually. Abrupt reduction from 2ccBD to 1ccBD is not advisable. Tapper 0.5 cc every week until reaching the desired dose. One more thing I would like to stress is about your sons last seizure episode. If any of my patients consult me with similar situation, I will suggest them to continue the Chat Doctor.