The statement by the patient that indicates further teaching is "I will stop taking the medication if I develop enlarged gums".
Take phenytoin at roughly the same time(s) every day. Follow the directions on your prescription label carefully, and ask your doctor or pharmacist to explain any part you do not understand. Use phenytoin exactly as directed. Never take it in bigger or fewer amounts or more frequently than prescribed by your doctor. Neither should you take it if you develop enlarged gums.
Dilantin is prescribed to treat tonic-clonic (grand mal) and psychomotor (temporal lobe) seizures as well as to prevent and manage seizures that can happen during or after neurosurgery. Tell your doctor right away if you or your child get a fever, rash, swollen, painful, or irritated lymph glands in the neck, armpit, or groyne, unusual bleeding or bruises, or yellow eyes or skin after using this medicine.
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