another name for the medication keppra
USES: Levetiracetam is an anticonvulsant used in combination with other medications to treat seizure disorders (epilepsy). Levetiracetam has been shown to decrease the number of seizures in adults and children. It is not known how it works to prevent seizures. Report Problems to the Food and Drug Administration. You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit the FDA MedWatch website or call 1-800-FDA-1088. Its mechanism of action is unknown, but it inhibits the spread of seizure activity in the brain. In studies, addition of levetiracetam to other antiseizure drugs reduced the frequency of seizures more than placebo. Keep up with your physician on treatment. You might want to check out the Patient Assistance Programs at http://www.epilepsy.com/get-help/services-and-support/patient-assistance to see you you qualify for medication payment assistance. When Keppra is added to another anti-epileptic treatment, the starting dose in patients over 12 years weighing more than 50 kg is 500 mg twice a day. The daily dose can be increased up to 1,500 mg twice a day. This helps Keppra to stabilise electrical activity in the brain and prevent seizures. Keppra used on its own has been studied in 579 patients with partial-onset seizures aged 16 years and over, who received either Keppra or carbamazepine (another anti-epileptic medicine) for up to two years. What is Keppra? Keppra is a medicine that contains the active substance levetiracetam. It is available as tablets (250 mg, 500 mg, 750 mg and 1,000 mg), as an oral solution (100 mg/ml), and as a concentrate that is made up into a solution for infusion (drip into a vein, 100 mg/ml). 250 mg tablets: FD&C Blue #2/indigo carmine aluminum lake. 500 mg tablets: iron oxide yellow. 750 mg tablets: FD&C yellow #6/sunset yellow FCF aluminum lake, iron oxide red. KEPPRA oral solution contains 100 mg of levetiracetam per mL. (levetiracetam) Tablets and Oral Solution. KEPPRA is an antiepileptic drug available as 250 mg (blue), 500 mg (yellow), 750 mg (orange), and 1000 mg (white) tablets and as a clear, colorless, grape-flavored liquid (100 mg/mL) for oral administration. STORAGE: Levetiracetam should be stored at 25 C (77 F). Brief storage at 15 C to 30 C (59 F to 86 F) is acceptable. PRESCRIBED FOR: Levetiracetam is used in combination with other anti-seizure medications to treat myoclonic, partial onset, or tonic clonic seizures in children and adults. DOSING: The recommended daily dose of levetiracetam in adults is 3000 mg. Therapy is initiated with 1000 mg daily (500 mg twice daily) and increased by 1000 mg/day every two weeks up to the maximum recommended dose of 3000 mg/day. Seizure Medication List. Treatments are available that can successfully control seizures for most people with epilepsy. The first treatment is almost always one of the many seizure medications that are now available. Each medicine tends to work better with certain kinds of seizures than for others. If one treatment fails, another may be work better. This section provides in-depth information on epilepsy medications.
Levetiracetam