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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
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Re: Keppra 500mg
Submitted by edy_telephone on Mon, 2006-01-30 - 21:40
Hi, I'm Edy (woman) and I am taking Keppra too. I have learned that Keppra helps most people with epilepsy, but it may have unwanted side effect in a few people. One of these side effect is hair loss (reversible) and if I was you, I would contact my neurologist to discuss about this problem.
A friend of mine who is taking Keppra had this nasty side effect and in the beginning there was a hair loss beside th loss of facial hair. She run to her epileptologist and it seems that these problems have been solved. So what I suggest you to do is to let your neurologist know about the hair loss and all the other side effects of Keppra. Discuss about the problem and try to have an answer. If not try to have a second opinion.
Good-luck.
Edy
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Re: Re: Keppra 500mg
Submitted by mrtigre on Tue, 2006-01-31 - 07:03
thnks Edy
your a blessing in disguise!
I had gone to a dermatologist (hairloss specialist) and he took a sample of my scalp and sent it to a lab for test results. My wife and I both feel that he is leaning to the increased dosage of Keppra as the reason. but I won't know for sure until 2 weeks. In the mean time When I expressed my concern to my neurolgist, he was skeptical about Keppra being the problem (He was very apprehensive about taking me off the drug). You know doctors don't take kindly to patients challenging them. this is especially true with specialist. But he went ahead and started the eventual change to lyrica. He will probably make a final decision when he gets the results from the test from the dermatologist.
thanks again
Re: Keppra 500mg
Submitted by Rachel M. Lusby on Fri, 2010-01-29 - 04:11
Hi Laurie-
I was having 3-4 petit mal seizures for 2 years and had no idea what they were until it dawned on me that maybe I should tell my doctor. I was diagnosed when I was 20 and I am now 24 years old. I take 3000mg of Keppra every day and I have not seen any difference in side effects. I'm maybe a little more motion sensitive, but that is far better than the 3-4 seizures I was having before. My medication has been adjusted 3 times in 4 years, and I'm feeling great right now.
Hope that helps
Rachel
Hi Laurie-
I was having 3-4 petit mal seizures for 2 years and had no idea what they were until it dawned on me that maybe I should tell my doctor. I was diagnosed when I was 20 and I am now 24 years old. I take 3000mg of Keppra every day and I have not seen any difference in side effects. I'm maybe a little more motion sensitive, but that is far better than the 3-4 seizures I was having before. My medication has been adjusted 3 times in 4 years, and I'm feeling great right now.
Hope that helps
Rachel