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Experience and dosing of Briviact (Briviteracetam) as have swapped from Keppra (Leviteracetam)
Sun, 04/28/2019 - 03:04Topic: Medication Issues
Hi
I had been on Keppra 750mg twice a day for 18 months.
I am now on Briviact - has anyone any experience of the swap?
What dosing have people been switched to?
I have read that it is between a reduction of 1/15 and 1/10 - ie if you were on 500mg twice a day -at 1/10 you would go to 50mg Briviact twice a day.
what side effects are people getting and has anyone got a positive experience to share of Briviact?
many thanks
M
Comments
Hi there, I made the switch
Submitted by Believer_59cd4d81a99cf on Wed, 2019-05-08 - 23:46
Hi there, I made the switch to Briviact about 2 years ago bec keppra side effects were quite bad. Briviact has definitely been a lot better to me! I switched from 1,500mg keppra to 150mg Briviact. (750 twice a day to 75, like you guessed). Experience on briviact has definitely been better! Doesn't have the same intense emotional side effects that keppra had. I also stopped losing weight (hair looks healthy--yay!). Dosing is probably the tricky part. At 100mg I felt great, but had a sz after a while. Have had full control on higher dosages. (On the other end of the scale, was for a while at 200mg and I couldn't concentrate much at all.) So like any medicine, side effects will be personal to you and your dosage. I for one and much happier with briviact right now and I'm happy to kiss keppra goodbye forever. Best of luck!B
Thanks so much. It seems to
Submitted by marvinoz on Mon, 2019-05-20 - 17:11
Thanks so much. It seems to better for me but I have infrequent seizures so not sure if it is working or not. Am currently on 75 am and 50 pm
thanks Hope it goes well fro
Submitted by marvinoz on Tue, 2019-04-30 - 11:50
thanks Hope it goes well fro him.