KEPPRA Reviews (LEVETIRACETAM)Average Rating: 2.7 (198 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare KEPPRA with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR KEPPRA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | seizures | weight loss, short term memory loss, word finding difficulties, sleepiness, imbalance. Works for some people but was horrible for me. Made me feel drugged. | 41 | 6 months | 4/21/2004 | 2 | seizures | Rage, joint pain, insomnia, itchy dry skin, trouble walking up or down stairs, dizziness, coordination problems, hand tremor got worse, absolutely no sex drive | I was put on keppra after seizures put my in the er. While the seizures have slowed way down (I've only had 2), the absence seizures have gotten worse. My hubby finally had to sit me down and talk to me, the rage was so horrible and I could not let stuff go. I've only been on keppra for a few weeks, but it isn't working well for me. Sure, no seizures, but the side effects are not worth it when there are other meds out there | 38 | 1 months 1000 | 4/16/2015 | 1 | Epilepsy | Made me a raging lunatic. The smallest thing would set me off and into a rage that would last hours. | Horrible drug there are much better ones out there, | 32 | 2 months 250 2X day | 12/22/2013 | 1 | epilepsy | always tired ( over sleeping), headaches feels like theres water in my head , i get so depressed that i dont feel like myself and looking in the mirror doesnt even feel right | i was supposed to up it to 3 pills twice a day but the side effects are just so bad at only 1 pill twice day that i havnt been able to do it yet | 20 | 1 weeks 500 2X day | 10/6/2020 | 5 | The side effects are very bad at first weakness depression headache But if you keep taking this a lot of the side effects go away this medication has kept me out of the hospitals | Has my seizures under control is a good medacation just give it some time. | F | 55 | 3 years 500mg | 2/15/2019 | 5 | seizures | No side effects | I think and speak better than on topamax and dylantin. Got fired from a job while on Dylantin, because I was too slow. Have no work issues on Keppra. I seem smarter on this medication. | F | 59 | 4 years 500 mg 2X day | 3/4/2016 | 5 | focal sezuire with absence | so just started on keppra 500mg eventually doseing up to 3000mg very pleased with this ive not had a sezuire for the 7days ive been on it ,just very tired and a bit dizzy and a bit of weight loss (happy days) | best tablet since sliced bread tried all other seziure meds and this is the last one for me and its working nkt on any other meds. | F | 43 | 7 days 500mg | 5/4/2016 | 5 | Pain and mini seizures | no side effects works great and hope it continues | F | 63 | 1000mg 2X day | 2/17/2014 | 5 | Adjunct w/Lamictal for JME | At first, mood swings. I stopped it for several years. Restarted in 2009. Now, its side effects make it possible to take Lamictal, which 99% controls my grand mal seizures. Without it, Lamictal makes me not think, talk, write, walk, like a normal person. Keppra is a nootropic, it definitely has cognition-enhancing properties. I was going off it then my Lamictal bad side effects came back, so my neuro agreed to leave me on Keppra. 500mg, morning & night. Make sure your pharmacy doesn't switch manufacturers, however... it affected me differently with another company's generic brand. I take the generic, levetiracetam, made by CAMBER. I truly believe it's not simply an AED; it is a miracle drug for me, as it seems to help tremendously with my memory & adhd issues. | F | 35 | 10 years 500mg X2 | 7/30/2013 | 5 | Absence/tonic clonic, eyelid myoclo | Frequent keppra rage, alternating moods, ongoing depression, extreme tiredness, social and emotional detachment, impaired mental processes, vitamin D deficiency, impaired balance and walking co-ordination, neck pain/rash, itchy skin/scalp, hip/legs/joint pain, worsening sinusitis along with abnormal liver and kidney function. Neurologists all say very safe drug, don't be fooled, not much is known about this relatively new drug only that it works for some with good control and not others and is supposedly excreted through the kidneys but at what cost. Online evidence suggests that it can contribute to Cardio Vascular Disease. Do your research, very rarely Neurologists will very rarely give concise advice or factual information about the AEDs they prescribe. If an AED controls your condition/s there job is done, your general health and wellbeing or any impact caused by the drug/s prescribed is not their problem nor as they say 'within their expertise' and if you want answers to your que | F | 51 | 8 years 500 mg 2X day | 3/25/2014 | 5 | Nerve pain, migraine prevention | Dry mouth | This has been a life saver for me. I had terrible experiences with other anti seizure meds for migraine prevention. But with Keppra I went from bed ridden chronic daily migraines to employed full time with treatable migraines 4-6 tines per month. | F | 45 | 8 months 1,000MG 2X day | 3/25/2014 | 5 | Epilepsy | I take mine at night they can make me sleepy. So I take them before I go to bed. This med needs to be taken at the same time everyday and never forgotten. My blood level is Therapudic. The only way it will work is to take it at the same time everyday. KEPPRA is a strong working med. Ask your Dr about Keppra! | F | 52 | 1 days 3000 mg | 10/31/2014 | 5 | Epilepsy | Im way different. I feel like i have changed a lot. I got in touch with my feelings, something that i never dealt with, and didnt care to deal with, before the Keppra medication. Also, i get angry really fast but im trying not to show it to people because i know that there is no point in fighting over things that i would normally wouldnt. Moreover, i feel like it takes my energy away from me. I feel that im not me anymore, which makes me unhappy and just want to cry over the great personality i've lost due to the pills. Also, i suffer from migraines from time to time and blurred vision. | I also feel that im over-analyzing things and situations in my head. I also experienced mood swings. (i went from extremely angry to super happy in less than 3 minutes two days ago...which is not good...it confuses people!) I take my pills at 8 o'clock in the morning and 8 o'clock at night. Even if i dont know what time it is or i didnt set an alarm o'clock my body (?) feels that its time to take the pill and it usually is 7:50 or 7:55 o'clock (scary)... | F | 21 | 1 years 500MG 2X day | 4/18/2015 | 5 | partial seizures | Tired during the day and I had a hard time sleeping at night for the first week or two after each increase, the side effects subsided drastically after the first few days. | Seizures run in my family and we have been trough most of the meds prescribed for them starting in the 50s. this is the only seizure med I have found that you can mix with virtually anything and is even safe enough for my Diabetic aunt, who was first prescribed it. I then got a prescription from my neurologist and tried it. I have never felt better and for the first time in over ten years I have been able to think clearly, remember things not only daily but from my child hood and have had no Migraines or seizures. This has also been the case with my Aunt and Grandmother who has been seizure free for the first time in over 45 years. | F | 24 | 2 months | 10/23/2007 | 5 | surgery-induced partial simple seiz | Reduced appetite - I can't eat enough at meals and am starving a few hours later. Some slur in speech, though I can't be sure it's due to the drug. | F | 26 | 5 months | 7/29/2008 | 5 | Brain biopsy induced seizures | First couple weeks were rough...very angry and tired. The "rage" has passed. Still a little sleepy during the day from time to time. My nightly dose helps me sleep great!! After trying 3 other seizure meds ...Keppra is the only one that I don't have any bad reactions to. | Keppra is highly expensive but very much worth every dollar. It has helped me so much by controlling the seizures. Immediately after I take it I feel better and well protected. I love it and would recommend it to anyone. | F | 34 | 8 months | 8/8/2008 | 5 | Epilepsy - complex partial seizures | The only side effects I expereinced were in the first two weeks I started to take the drug. I felt very irritated, angry, and like I was constantly looking for an argument. This was very ususual for me and I disliked the side effects so much that I asked to stop taking Keppra. But the doctor asked me to hang in there for another two weeks and changed my dosage so now I take the bigger dose at night (250mg AM/1000mg PM.) The side effects stopped completely after that and I haven't had any since. | My seizures are finally under control, at last in my 30s. I take this in combination with Lamictal, and as long as I take them both on time I have no seizures, even when I suffer from extreme stress, sleep deprivation, or other former triggers. Two thumbs up from me, it works! | F | 33 | 2 years | 6/9/2008 | 5 | FOR SEIZURE | NONE | F | 16 | 2 times | 6/16/2009 | 5 | After a brain tumor being removed | Mood swings. | I take Zoloft to ofset the mood swings and I have been seizure free for a year and a half | F | 47 | 1 years | 11/14/2004 | 5 | Epilepsy | memory loss, fatigue, sun sensitivity (easily sunburned), heat intolerance, | I am on 1000mg twice a day of Keppra and 100 mg twice a day of Lamictal. I had been on a really high dosage of Lamictal, but it wasn't helping, so we added the Keppra, which has completely stopped my seizures. (Complex partial and simple partial TLE, first seizure 1.5 years ago). I would like to be completely off the Lamictal, but my doctor doesn't want to stop it completely, sigh...Some of these side effects MAY be from Lamictal, but I've tried to narrow them down. | F | 30 | 1 years | 7/21/2008 |
KEPPRA (LEVETIRACETAM): Levetiracetam is used with other medications to treat seizures (epilepsy). It belongs to a class of drugs known as anticonvulsants. Levetiracetam may decrease the number of seizures you have. FDA Approval Date: 1999-11-30 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)