What happens if your confidence is wrong and your child has another seizure? You and your physician will explore why that seizure occurred. Did your child forget her medicine? Not enough sleep? Does she have an infection? Does the medication need adjusting? You may find a good reason. If you don’t, you will have to [...]

In general, it takes five half-lives to achieve a steady state of a relatively consistent blood level of a drug between doses. After one dose of a medicine, let’s say that the blood level is 8. One half-life later the level has decreased. If a second dose is then given, the blood level rises. You [...]