Can epilepsy medication cause thrush?

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Ok, im a little unnerved by some symptoms ive been having, im epileptic and was recently put on 1000mg of keppra, and 400mg of phenytoin per day to help with seizures,

recently about a week ago i noticed a red rash and an itching feeling on my foreskin, and under it, and also an itchin sensation near my anus, 

i have had a yellowish discharge also from my penis, and its really worrying, is this something that can be treated without going to the doctors? any other epileptics have an idea?

serious answers only please, i was pretty distraught writing this up on YA thanks.

Lucie♥ · Accepted Answer

I just looked on http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Epilepsy/Pages/MedicineGuidePage.aspx about your types of medication and nothing mentioned about them causing that but you can look a little further into it to see if anyone else has suffered from the same thing as you. 

What your getting down there may not be related to your epilepsy its best to go see a doctor :-). My cousins 23 and has epilepsy and i don't think hes experienced anything like this.

You might need to change your diet or be allergic to them.

Hope you sort it out!

Luce

chakra girl · Answer

Hi, I take Keppra too, but although it says it doesn't cause thrush, I have similar problems, though I do take other medications too for other things, so mine could be either. I know it's embarrassing but you need to get it checked out by your gp, I also help myself by washing in a soap-free liquid (Lactycid) and wearing cotton pants, I also use a cream for thrush bought from boots. Oh, just looked up 'phenytoin'...it can cause itching, so it may be that you have an allergy to that one

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