Who should not take Phenytoin Sodium Intravenous?
The following conditions are contraindicated with this drug. Check with your physician if you have any of the following:
Conditions:
- diabetes
- osteomalacia, or softening of bones
- low amount of albumin proteins in the blood
- porphyria
- a type of blood disorder with a decrease in all types of blood cells called pancytopenia
- decreased blood platelets
- very low levels of granulocytes, a type of white blood cell
- low levels of white blood cells
- low levels of granulocytes, a type of white blood cell
- alcoholism
- alcohol intoxication
- myasthenia gravis, a skeletal muscle disorder
- a heart attack
- complete heart block
- second degree atrioventricular heart block
- Adams-Stokes syndrome
- sinus bradycardia
- abnormal heart rhythm
- sudden and serious symptoms of heart failure called acute decompensated heart failure
- low blood pressure
- decreased lung function
- overgrowth of gums onto teeth
- liver problems
- decreased kidney function
- systemic lupus erythematosus, an autoimmune disease
- decreased calcification or density of bone
- a body temperature higher than 101 degrees Fahrenheit
- swollen lymph nodes
- pregnancy
- CYP2C9 poor metabolizer
- HLA-B *15:02 positive gene status
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