Dear reader,
We are urgently looking for testimonials of people who have caught ammonia poisoning through medication. Of course also medical staff can react in name of the people they treated or the ones still being treated.
Which substances are we talking about?
It is about sodium valproate (unbranded, Convulex®, Depakine®, Propymal®) which is being used for the treatment of various forms of epilepsy. An example: Recently, the ‘Stichting Lareb’ (=Foundation Lareb) received a notification of encephalopathy because of the use of Depakine ®.
In literature, many cases of acute encephalopathy with hyperammonemia while using sodium valproate are described.
We are looking for people who have been victim of this and who have been through one or more of the symptoms described below.
Symptoms
1st degree insomnia
Impaired concentration
Exaggerated behavior
Tremor
2nd degree aggravation of insomnia
Disorientation
Loss of sense of time
3rd degree aggravation of symptoms above
Anxiety
Bizarre behavior
4th degree unconsciousness
Coma
Absence of personality traits
Until death follows…
You can mail all testimonials, reports etc. to lucschrijvers@hotmail.com (Belgium). Total discretion assured.
Luc Schrijvers