I read about this on another board. The FDA made an announcement regarding Topamax recommending periodic blood tests to check for something called metabolic acidosis. I have little clue what that is, but if you are on this med, you may want to talk to your doc about it. My totally un-education understanding is that most healthy people have nothing to worry about, but it's a good idea to get the blood test just to be sure. It has something to do with level of body acids, which s/b adjusted by respiration...meaning you may just breath a little deeper and should have no problem at all.

Here is the info to share with you doc in case he/she hasn't heard about it:

http://www.rphlink.com/topo013104.html

This one is pdf from the FDA:
http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/SAFETY/2...pamax_dhcp.pdf

Emmy

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