Before starting any new medicine, tell your doctor about all the medicines you take, including non-prescription products, food supplements, vitamins or herbals. Just because a medicine is not prescribed by a doctor does not mean that is free of side effects, and that it will not negatively affect other medicines that the doctor prescribes. In fact, some herbals can make seizures worse. The ketogenic diet can also cause kidney stones. Doctors cannot predict how a person will respond to an antiseizure medicine in terms of side effects.
People can respond very differently to the same drug.
However, just because a person had intolerable dizziness, for example, on one antiseizure medicine does not mean that dizziness will be a side effect of a different medicine. Kidney stones have also been reported in pediatric patients. To reduce the risk of developing kidney stones it is recommended to increase fluid intake. Increased fluid intake increases urinary output, lowering the concentration of substances involved in stone formation. You can reduce your risk of kidney stones by drinking plenty of water, especially if you spend a lot of time outdoors in warm weather.