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Keppra 500mg
Mon, 01/30/2006 - 21:14Topic: Medication Issues
Hello;
I would like to know if there are any online users that have used or know the drug Keppra for epilepsy. If so, have you heard of or wittinessed the side effect of hair loss? I have seen it written up somewhere in the merck manual and on some web sites. I have been on keppra for 2 years and it was just when the neurologist raised the dosage from 1500mg/day to 3000mg/day that it started by me losing my left eyebrow then it went through the scalp and facial hair? if anyone has information about this , please let me know? thanks
Comments
Re: Keppra 500mg
Submitted by Rachel M. Lusby on Fri, 2010-01-29 - 04:08
I take 3000mg of Keppra and I have not had hardly any side effects. Adjusting to it took a little bit of time, but it was certainly better than having seizures 3-4 times every day. It has worked pretty well for me.
Keppra 500mg
Submitted by arctix83 on Thu, 2008-03-13 - 12:17
Since Nov 2007 I have taken 500mg Lamictal/ day. My seizures are stressed induced. In December 2007, I began having them again. My legs and arms would shake and was tired. Eventually they went away after stress from school ended. In March 2008, they returned and became worse. I started having auras, blurriness of vision, shaking of legs and hands, loss of balance, and jumbled speech. I have been incredibly tired in the mornings and start to feel better by the afternoon. After starting 500mg Keppra per day, I'm still experiencing vision blurriness, being tired and shaking, but I feel significantly better. Thank gosh I have friends to take care of me.
Re: Keppra 500mg
Submitted by epilepsy1000 on Fri, 2010-01-29 - 00:54
the most commen side effect of keppra is not a hair lost.I would suggest you to talk to your current doctor about the hair lost. the hair lost is not one of the side effect of Keppra,so don't worry about it,just keep taking the medication unless your doctor tells you to switch to a different medication.