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I-Ethotoin iyimithi elwa nokuhlaselwa yisithuthwane eyingxenye yeqembu lezidakamizwa ezibizwa ngokuthi ama-hydantoin. Isebenza ngokuzinzisa umsebenzi kagesi ebuchosheni bakho ukuvimbela ukuhlaselwa yisithuthwane ukuthi kungenzeki.
Le mithi isetshenziswe amashumi eminyaka ukusiza abantu ukulawula isithuthwane nezinye izifo zokuhlaselwa yisithuthwane. Nakuba ingabhaliwe njengamanje uma iqhathaniswa nezinketho ezintsha, i-ethotoin isalokhu iyindlela ebalulekile yokwelapha ezigulini ezithile ezidinga ukulawulwa kokuhlaselwa yisithuthwane okusebenzayo.
I-Ethotoin iyimithi elwa nokuhlaselwa yisithuthwane esiza ukulawula ukuhlaselwa yisithuthwane ngokuthinta indlela izimpawu zemizwa ezihamba ngayo ebuchosheni bakho. Iyingxenye yomndeni wezidakamizwa ze-hydantoin, okuhlanganisa ne-phenytoin.
Le mithi iza ngesimo samaphilisi futhi ithathwa ngomlomo. Ngokuvamile ibhalwa uma eminye imithi yokuhlaselwa yisithuthwane ingasebenzanga kahle noma uma udinga uhlobo oluthile lokulawulwa kokuhlaselwa yisithuthwane okunganikezwa yi-ethotoin.
Udokotela wakho angase akhethe i-ethotoin ngoba ivame ukubangela imiphumela emincane yezimonyo uma iqhathaniswa neminye imithi elwa nokuhlaselwa yisithuthwane. Lokhu kungaba kubaluleke kakhulu ekwelapheni isikhathi eside.
I-Ethotoin isetshenziswa ikakhulukazi ukwelapha ukuhlaselwa yisithuthwane kwe-tonic-clonic, okwakuvame ukubizwa ngokuthi ukuhlaselwa yisithuthwane okukhulu. Lezi yizinhlobo zokuhlaselwa yisithuthwane ezihilela ukulahlekelwa ukwazi kanye nokuqina kwemisipha okulandelwa ukunyakaza okushintshashintshayo.
Iphinde isebenze ekwelapheni ukuhlaselwa yisithuthwane okuyingxenye okuyinkimbinkimbi, lapho ungase uhlangabezane nokuguqulwa kokuqwashisa, imizwa engajwayelekile, noma ukuziphatha okungavamile. Abanye odokotela bayayibhala ukuhlaselwa yisithuthwane okuyingxenye elula futhi.
Ezimweni ezingavamile, i-ethotoin ingase isetshenziswe njengengxenye yokwelapha okuhlanganisiwe lapho imithi eminingi idingeka ukulawula ukuhlaselwa yisithuthwane okunzima ukukwelapha. Udokotela wakho wezinzwa uzoqaphela ukuthi le ndlela ilungile yini esimweni sakho esithile.
I-Ethotoin isebenza ngokuvimba iziteshi ze-sodium emangqamuzaneni akho obuchopho, okusiza ukuzinzisa umsebenzi kagesi ongabangela ukuquleka. Cabanga ngayo njengokusiza ukuzinzisa "izivunguvungu" zikagesi ezibangela ukuquleka.
Lo muthi uthathwa njengomuthi onamandla ngokulinganisela uma uqhathaniswa neminye imithi elwa nokuquleka. Awunamandla njengeminye imithi emisha, kodwa usebenza kahle kakhulu kunezindlela zokwelapha eziyisisekelo njengamavithamini athile noma izithasiselo.
Lo muthi uthatha isikhathi ukwakheka emzimbeni wakho, yingakho uzodinga ukuwuthatha njalo nsuku zonke. Ngokuvamile kuthatha amasonto amaningana ukufinyelela ekusebenzeni kwawo okuphelele ekuvikeleni ukuquleka.
Thatha i-ethotoin ngendlela eqondile udokotela wakho ayalela ngayo, ngokuvamile izikhathi ezi-2-3 ngosuku ngokudla. Ukuyithatha ngokudla kusiza ukunciphisa ukuphazamiseka kwesisu futhi kuthuthukisa ukuthi umzimba wakho umunca kahle kangakanani umuthi.
Ungayithatha i-ethotoin ngamanzi, ubisi, noma ijusi. Ukuyithatha nesnakhi esincane noma ukudla kuvame ukuba yindlela enethezekile kakhulu. Zama ukuthatha imithamo yakho ngezikhathi ezifanayo nsuku zonke ukuze ugcine amazinga aqhubekayo egazini lakho.
Ungagxobi, uhlafune, noma uqhekeze amaphilisi ngaphandle uma udokotela wakho ekutshela ngqo ukuthi wenze kanjalo. Gwinya wonke ngamanzi amaningi ukuze uqinisekise ukuthi afinyelela esiswini sakho ngendlela efanele.
Uma unenkinga yokugwinya amaphilisi, khuluma nodokotela wakho ngezinketho ezingezinye. Ungayeki ukuthatha i-ethotoin ngokuzumayo, ngoba lokhu kungabangela ukuquleka okukhulu.
Abantu abaningi badinga ukuthatha i-ethotoin izinyanga noma iminyaka ukuze bagcine ukulawulwa kokuquleka. Isikhathi esiqondile sincike esimweni sakho esithile, ukuthi usabela kahle kangakanani ekwelashweni, nokuthi ngabe uhlangabezana nanoma yimaphi imiphumela engemihle.
Udokotela wakho uzoqapha njalo inqubekela phambili yakho futhi angase alungise uhlelo lwakho lokwelapha ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Abanye abantu bangagcina banciphisa umthamo wabo noma bashintshele kweminye imithi, kanti abanye bangase badinge ukuqhubeka ne-ethotoin isikhathi eside.
Ungayeki ukuthatha i-ethotoin ngaphandle kokugadwa ngudokotela, ngisho noma ungabi nokuquleka isikhashana. Ukuyeka kungazelelwe kungabangela ukuquleka kokuhoxisa okungase kube kubi kakhulu kuneziqephu zakho zokuqala.
Imiphumela ejwayelekile ye-ethotoin ivame ukuba mnene futhi ivame ukuthuthuka njengoba umzimba wakho ujwayela umuthi. Ukuqonda okulindelekile kungakusiza ukuthi uzizwe ulungile futhi uzethembile ngokuphathwa kwakho.
Imiphumela evame kakhulu ihlanganisa:
Le miphumela ejwayelekile ivame ukungabonakali ngemva kwamasonto ambalwa njengoba umzimba wakho ujwayela umuthi.
Imiphumela emibi kakhulu ayivamile kodwa idinga ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha ngokushesha. Lokhu kungabandakanya izimpawu zokungezwani komzimba, izinguquko ezinkulu zemizwa, noma ukuphuma kwegazi okungavamile noma ukulimala.
Izimo ezingavamile kodwa ezingaba yingozi zihlanganisa:
Uma uhlangabezana nanoma yiziphi lezi zimpawu ezinzima, xhumana nodokotela wakho ngokushesha. Abantu abaningi bayayibekezelela i-ethotoin kahle, kodwa ukuhlala uqaphile ezingxenyeni kuyasiza ekuqinisekiseni ukwelashwa okuphephile.
I-Ethotoin ayifanele wonke umuntu, futhi izimo ezithile zezokwelapha noma izimo zikwenza kungafaneleki. Udokotela wakho uzobuyekeza ngokucophelela umlando wakho wezempilo ngaphambi kokukuyala lo muthi.
Akufanele uthathe i-ethotoin uma unokungezwani komzimba emithini ye-hydantoin noma uke waba nokusabela okukhulu emithini efanayo esikhathini esidlule. Abantu abanezinkinga ezithile zokushaya kwenhliziyo nabo bangase badinge ukwelashwa okuhlukile.
Ukuqapha okukhethekile kuyadingeka uma une:
Lezi zimo akudingeki zikuvimbele ukuthi uthathe i-ethotoin, kodwa zidinga ukuqapha okuseduze futhi mhlawumbe kulungiswe umthamo.
Ukukhulelwa nokuncelisa ngamabele kudinga ukucatshangelwa okukhethekile. Ngenkathi ukulawulwa kokuhlaselwa kubalulekile ngesikhathi sokukhulelwa, i-ethotoin ingase ithinte ukukhula kombungu. Udokotela wakho uzosiza ukulinganisa izingozi nezinzuzo zesimo sakho esithile.
I-Ethotoin itholakala ngaphansi kwegama lomkhiqizo elithi Peganone, okuyilona okujwayele ukunqunywa e-United States. Lo mkhiqizo ubelokhu utholakala iminyaka eminingi futhi unomlando wokuphepha oqinisekisiwe.
Izinhlobo ezivamile ze-ethotoin nazo ziyatholakala, eziqukethe isithako esifanayo esisebenzayo kodwa zingase zibe ngabiza kancane. Ikhemisi lakho lingakusiza ukuthi uqonde ukuthi iyiphi inguqulo yomshuwalense wakho oyikhokhela kangcono.
Noma ngabe uthatha igama lomkhiqizo noma inguqulo ejwayelekile, umuthi usebenza ngendlela efanayo. Abanye abantu bakhetha ukunamathela kumkhiqizi oyedwa ukuze baqinisekise ukuqina ekwelashweni kwabo.
Eminye imithi eminingi yokulwa nokuhlaselwa ingasebenza njengezinye izindlela ze-ethotoin, kuye ngezidingo zakho ezithile nokuthi uzibekezelela kahle kangakanani izindlela zokwelapha ezihlukene. Udokotela wakho uzocabangela izinto ezinjengohlobo lwakho lokuhlaselwa, ezinye izimo zempilo, kanye nokusebenzisana okungenzeka kwemithi.
Ezinye izindlela ezivamile zihlanganisa i-phenytoin, ehlobene eduze ne-ethotoin kodwa ingase ibe nemiphumela ehlukile. I-Carbamazepine ingenye inketho esebenza kahle ezinhlotsheni ezifanayo zokuhlaselwa.
Imithi emisha efana ne-lamotrigine, levetiracetam, noma i-oxcarbazepine ingase icatshangelwe uma udinga imiphumela ehlukile noma ukulawulwa okungcono kokuhlaselwa. Le mithi ivame ukuba nokuxhumana okuncane neminye imithi.
Ukukhetha enye indlela kuncike ekuphenduleni kwakho komuntu siqu ekwelashweni kanye nokuhlola kukadokotela wakho ukuthi yini engasebenza kahle kuwe.
I-Ethotoin ne-phenytoin yomibili imithi ephumelelayo yokulwa nokuhlaselwa evela emndenini ofanayo wemithi, kodwa inomehluko obalulekile. Akukho noyedwa 'ongcono' kunomunye, njengoba ukukhetha okungcono kuncike ezidingweni zakho zomuntu siqu nokuthi usabela kanjani ekwelashweni.
I-Ethotoin ivame ukubangela imiphumela emincane yezimonyo efana nokukhula ngokweqile kwamagumashi kanye nezinguquko zezinwele ebusweni ezingenzeka nge-phenytoin. Lokhu kuyenza ibe yinketho ekhethwayo kwabanye abantu, ikakhulukazi labo abakhathazekile ngezinguquko zokubukeka zesikhathi eside.
Nokho, i-phenytoin ivame ukubhekwa njengeqine kakhulu futhi ingase inikeze ukulawulwa okungcono kokuhlaselwa kwabanye abantu. Futhi ifundwe kabanzi futhi inemihlahlandlela yokulinganisa esunguliwe.
Udokotela wakho uzocabangela izinto ezinjengohlobo lokuhlaselwa kwakho, eminye imithi oyithathayo, nezintandokazi zakho zomuntu siqu lapho ukhetha phakathi kwalezi zinketho. Yomibili imithi idinga ukuqapha amazinga egazi njalo ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukwelashwa okuphephile nokuphumelelayo.
I-Ethotoin ingasetshenziswa ngokuphepha kubantu abanesifo sikashukela, kodwa ingase ithinte amazinga kashukela egazini kwabanye abantu. Umuthi ngokwawo ngokuvamile awubangeli izinguquko ezinkulu zikashukela egazini, kodwa ukuhlaselwa nokucindezeleka kokuphatha isifo sokuhlaselwa kungathinta ukulawulwa kwesifo sikashukela.
Udktela wakho uzofuna ukuqapha kokubili ukulawulwa kwakho kokuhlaselwa kanye namazinga kashukela wegazi ngokusondela lapho uqala i-ethotoin. Qiniseka ukuthi uhlola ushukela wakho wegazi njalo futhi ubike noma yiziphi izindlela ezingavamile eqenjini lakho lezempilo.
Uma ngengozi uthatha i-ethotoin eningi kunaleyo ebekiwe, xhumana nodokotela wakho noma isikhungo sokulawula ubuthi ngokushesha. Ukuthatha okuningi kungabangela imiphumela emibi engathi sína ehlanganisa ukozela okukhulu, ukudideka, ubunzima bokuphefumula, noma izinkinga zesigqi senhliziyo.
Ungalindi ukubona ukuthi ngabe izimpawu ziyavela yini, njengoba ukweqisa kwe-ethotoin kungaba yingozi. Uma othile engazi lutho noma enobunzima bokuphefumula, shayela izinsiza eziphuthumayo ngokushesha. Gcina ibhodlela lemithi nawe ukuze ubonise abahlinzeki bezempilo ukuthi yini ngqo eyathathwa.
Uma uphuthelwa umthamo we-ethotoin, yithathe ngokushesha lapho ukhumbula, ngaphandle kokuthi sekuseduze isikhathi somthamo wakho olandelayo ohleliwe. Kulokho, weqa umthamo ophuthelwe bese uqhubeka neshejuli yakho ejwayelekile.
Ungalokothi uthathe imithamo emibili ngasikhathi sinye ukuze ulungise umthamo ophuthelwe, ngoba lokhu kungakhuphula ingozi yakho yemiphumela emibi. Uma uvame ukukhohlwa imithamo, cabangela ukusetha izikhumbuzi zocingo noma usebenzise umhleli wamaphilisi ukukusiza ukuthi uhlale emgqeni.
Kufanele uyeke kuphela ukuthatha i-ethotoin ngaphansi kokuqondiswa kwezokwelapha, ngokuvamile ngemuva kokungabi nokuqulwa iminyaka eminingana. Udokotela wakho uzonciphisa kancane kancane umthamo wakho emasontweni noma ezinyangeni ukuvimbela ukuqulwa kokuhoxiswa.
Isinqumo sokuyeka sincike ezintweni ezinjengokuthi usenesikhathi esingakanani ungenayo imikhuhlane, yini ebangela imikhuhlane yakho ekuqaleni, nemiphumela yakho ye-EEG. Abanye abantu bangayeka ngempumelelo imithi elwa nokuhlaselwa, kanti abanye badinga ukwelashwa impilo yabo yonke.
Utshwala bungakhuphula imiphumela yokuthulisayo ye-ethotoin futhi kungenzeka ukuthi kwenze ukuthi ukuquleka kwenzeke. Kungcono ukugwema utshwala ngokuphelele noma ukulunciphisa kakhulu ngenkathi uthatha lo muthi.
Ngisho namanani amancane otshwala angathinta indlela i-ethotoin esebenza ngayo emzimbeni wakho futhi ingakhuphula imiphumela emibi efana nokulala nobhlungu. Khuluma nodokotela wakho mayelana nezinga lokusetshenziswa kotshwala, uma likhona, elingase liphephe esimweni sakho esithile.
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