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 |
| 1 | bi-polar | Attacks of expressive aphasia (loss of speech and understanding of language) increasing in length and frequency. Increasing aphasia, then stupor and confusion continued until he reached a state similar to advanced Alzheimer's. Basically, an extreme allergic reaction causing a meltdown of brain function. | LETHAL STUFF!!! My father, 66, was on Keppra for about 2.5 weeks. His only other prescription was a high-blood pressure pill that he'd been on for years. After the first few days of Keppra, he started having short episodes of confusion, weakness, and loss of speech. Gradually, attacks/symptoms increased until it scrambled his brain and he had to be admitted to a hospital. Keppra was stopped and the attacks of aphasia ended within 12 hours. His ability to speak has mostly returned, but he's confused and child-like. Will he ever fully come back from what this drug did to him? --Written as of his 4th day off Keppra. | M | 66 | 20 days | 6/11/2005 | 4 | epilepsy | At first it was like a truth serum. I was amazed at what came out of my mouth - all the thoughts I was truly thinking! AGh!And some were violent thoughts....until my doctor put me on Zoloft. Although I've gained 15 pounds, after 14 years I can finally use my left brain and do math calculations. After zoloft, I've calmed down and more myself than ever! The worst side effect is insomnia. I take calcium Magnesium for that. It works.I also have migraines once in awhile (never have before!). But, this is the best anti-seizure drug so far. I can finally think and produce. | I had to cut down to 1 pill keppra at night and 1/2 pill in the morn. Also 1/2 pill zoloft. I hate medication, but now I have no seizures for the first time. Only caffeine triggers them. | F | 60 | 8 months | 2/15/2005 | 4 | Epileptic fits following surgery. | Tiredness at first. | Since taking Kepra June 04 I have not had any fits. Before this in a 1 year period i had 4. | M | 55 | 9 months | 2/11/2005 | 1 | tonic siezures | mood swings like crazy, hyper and sleepy simultaneously, talkative,outgoing, irritable, violent,drowsy, memory loss, conentration problems, dizziness, IT SUCKS (my first week stillthough) and I feel like I will lose my head! | KEPPRA SUCKA SO FAR!!! IT makes me feel like I am about to go off my rocker. So nuts. I want to fight and cry and sleep and I THINK irrationally. Like I skip class, cant organize thoughts, get hyper, tell people off without fear when they mess w/ me and I was so shy and quiet before. I am more talkative now, but it is not a great feeling to go from a mouse to a tiger. I feel Bi-Polar!!! | F | 19 | 1 weeks | 1/20/2005 | 3 | Malignant Brain Tumor & Seizures | With Keppra I am clumbsy, sometimes lose my balance and stumble it also has made my legs very weak I have gained a lot of weight and feel sleepy most of the time. But it has lessened my seizure activity. Yah! | Very Expensive to use twice a day in Canada anyway. | F | 57 | 8 months | 1/16/2005 | 4 | epilepsy - jme | some headaches, mild weight gain. | are these side effects common with this drug? My MD recommended keppra as a alternative to Depakote, he indicated that keppra might offset the weight gain attributed to Depakote. Has anyone found this to be the case? | M | 50 | 3 months | 1/13/2005 | 1 | epilepsy - petit mal | I've been on this junk for 1 week and I've had muscle pain from the waist down as if I've walked a marathon. I have Vertigo, razor sharp pains in my chest, racing heart at bedtime 1 hour after taking 250 mgs. I'm very agitated towards husband and kids, it's 2am and I'm wide awake :-o / Hey,but no petit mals | Awful Drug :-( | F | 44 | 7 days | 1/3/2005 | 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 | epilesy | M | 42 | 2035 years | 7/11/2004 | 4 | Seizure Disorder | Dizziness, weakness in arms and legs, sleepiness, and nausea | Keppra has been very good at controlling my seizures and any seizure activity, but I find the side effects to be difficult to live with. I like to be active, but the dizziness and weakness I experience on this med provide such a disincentive for pursuing those activities I enjoy. | F | 38 | 2.5 years | 5/5/2004 | 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 | 3 | Myoclonus | Practically none, though my hair is falling out. I was on Depakote before so this may be a delayed reaction to it. | I had terrible side effects with Depakote--trembling hands, weight gain, and hair loss. No change in my condition. With this, I feel better--occasional fatigue but otherwise great. It's better than Depakote by a long shot but I still have body jerks every day, usually at night and right before I take my meds in the morning. | F | 37 | 60 days | 3/25/2004 | 5 | On the primary of getting off!!! | After going through mild seizures for all my life, I would recommend this medicine over Tegretol, Neurontin, and many others I've been prescribed to. Even then after I've been prescribed to this medicine, I also under went surgery. I still am taking this medication until the doctor breaks it down. | I thank God for the blessing I have gotten from this medicine. | M | 24 | 2 years | 2/4/2004 | 3 | Seizures(scar on brain) | sexual,ran down, dizziness, loss weight | im currently on alot of medicine and im faced with the option of surgury to have this scar removed. I would appreciate any advice or remarks concerning surgery anyone might have !! | M | 27 | 2 years | 10/20/2003 | 3 | seizures car accident | ran down, dizziness, sexual side effects, loss of appetite | this was the last medication i was put on with the other 2 and im not shure if it helped or not since im still having problems, but overall i have stop having grandma seizures and im just having a disorientated period that lasts anware up to 45 mins averaging about everyother day right now | M | 27 | 2 years | 10/18/2003 | 4 | Simple and generalized seizures | Some nausea and tiredness, after increasing to my therapeutic dose of 1000 mg 2x a day, reduced back to half dose for one week to acclimate my body, have just now increased back to 1000 mg 2x a day. | MUCH better than the alternative I was on which was Depakote. | F | 23 | 3 weeks | 1/8/2003 | 1 | Headache Prevention | After about two weeks of use, my side effects worsened until I felt so sick, I stoped taking Keppra. At its worst, I was dizzy (even when lying down), and could not walk more than a few feet without losing my balance, I was also very emotional (sad). No fever, but I was 'hot and cold' at the same time. Overall, very tired and weak. | Keppra didn't work at all for my dull headaches, which come almost daily. It didn't stop the more painful (less frequent) headaches either. | F | 29 | 3 weeks | 8/1/2002 | 5 | Temporal Lobe Seizures | No side effects | I have been strugling with TLS for a long time. Lots of medicines later. I switched doctors and he suggested taking Keppra. I have not had a seizure since!!! | M | 19 | 8 months | 5/27/2002 |