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What is Levetiracetam?

Levetiracetam is is an anticonvulsant used in combination with other medications to treat partial onset, myoclonic, and/or primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Epilepsy 875 332 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Seizures 69 13 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Seizures (grand mal or tonic-clonic) 48 24 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Seizures (complex partial) 36 17 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Other 30 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Seizures (partial focal) 17 3 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 1011 patients currently taking Levetiracetam

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 73
Moderate
 128
Mild
 121
None
 82

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Levetiracetam

Fatigue 31
Excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence) 21
Sleepiness 20
Dizziness 17
Depressed mood 17
Tiredness 16
See all 229 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Levetiracetam. See all 72 dosages ►

  250 mg daily 500 mg daily 750 mg daily 1,000 mg daily 1,500 mg daily 2,000 mg daily 2,250 mg daily 2,500 mg daily 3,000 mg daily 4,000 mg daily
  22 Number of Patients: 22 114 Number of Patients: 114 24 Number of Patients: 24 219 Number of Patients: 219 136 Number of Patients: 136 164 Number of Patients: 164 14 Number of Patients: 14 41 Number of Patients: 41 179 Number of Patients: 179 43 Number of Patients: 43  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Levetiracetam (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 124   Side effects too severe: 48%
Did not seem to work 94   Did not seem to work: 37%
Doctor's advice 77   Doctor's advice: 30%
Other 29   Other: 11%
Expense 20   Expense: 8%
Course of treatment ended 12   Course of treatment ended: 5%
Personal research 11   Personal research: 4%
Not indicated 6   Not indicated: 2%
Change in health plan coverage 4   Change in health plan coverage: 2%

See all 250 patients who’ve stopped taking Levetiracetam

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Levetiracetam

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Stopped Taking Levetiracetam

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Levetiracetam

Always
 361 89%
Usually
 31 8%
Sometimes
 3 1%
Never
 9 2%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Levetiracetam

Very
 24 6%
Somewhat
 37 9%
A little
 64 16%
Not at all
 279 69%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Levetiracetam

$200+
 16 6%
$100-199
 12 5%
$50-99
 35 14%
$25-49
 31 12%
< $25
 156 62%

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Report created on May 24, 2012.