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Keppra 500mg

Mon, 01/30/2006 - 21:14
Topic: 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

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Re: Keppra 500mg

Submitted by MrPink1130 on Thu, 2008-08-21 - 19:25

I've been on Keppra for about a year now.  I have seen no real side effects.

Only thing that I have noticed, is my weigth loss.  I was on Depakote before this and that made me retain weight, so I think Keppra is the reason for my weight loss.

I've been on Keppra for about a year now.  I have seen no real side effects.

Only thing that I have noticed, is my weigth loss.  I was on Depakote before this and that made me retain weight, so I think Keppra is the reason for my weight loss.

Re: Keppra 500 mg

Submitted by Terri Tjaden on Wed, 2007-12-12 - 15:38
I have been on Keppra for several years 2000 mg am and pm. I take this with Lamictal (100 mg am and pm). The combination has worked great for me. I tire more easily than I did prior to the seizures and medication (it could also be age - I am 49 years old)and much better than any other medications that I have tried over the years. Prior to this combination I had trouble with breakthrough seizures, memory problems, and being extremely tired. I feel lucky to have found a combination that works so well for me. Unfortunately medications react to everyone differently. I hope things work out for you as well as it has for me.

Re: Keppra 500mg

Submitted by BiggT on Tue, 2010-09-07 - 22:33

Hello,

I take 1000mg of Keppra twice a day and I have experienced fairly bad hair loss since I began taking it so you definitely are not the only one.  Also, I have experienced depression and suicidal thoughts fairly frequently.  I get seizures only when I sleep and the Keppra seems to have stopped them, but lately I've been waking up with the feeling (constant headache, swollen tongue, being tired all day)  that I am having seizures at night again.  I'm considering changing medicines to something with less side effects...any suggestions of what medicines would be more helpful for my condition of right-frontal epilepsy would be appreciated.

Thank you,

Neil

Hello,

I take 1000mg of Keppra twice a day and I have experienced fairly bad hair loss since I began taking it so you definitely are not the only one.  Also, I have experienced depression and suicidal thoughts fairly frequently.  I get seizures only when I sleep and the Keppra seems to have stopped them, but lately I've been waking up with the feeling (constant headache, swollen tongue, being tired all day)  that I am having seizures at night again.  I'm considering changing medicines to something with less side effects...any suggestions of what medicines would be more helpful for my condition of right-frontal epilepsy would be appreciated.

Thank you,

Neil

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