Evaluations from Patients who take Lacosamide

**Purpose:** Epilepsy *(Started Nov 10, 2012)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Dec 23, 2012	200 mg Daily	?Can't tell ?Can't tell ?Can't tell	None	Always	Not at all
Nov 11, 2012	200 mg Daily	?Can't tell ?Can't tell ?Can't tell	None	Always	Not at all

**Purpose:** Epilepsy *(Started Jul 01, 2009)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Feb 11, 2012	600 mg Daily	Moderate	Moderate	Always	Not at all

**Purpose:** Epilepsy *(Started Dec 13, 2009)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Feb 01, 2012	200 mg Daily	Major	None	Always	Not at all

Date: Feb 01, 2012
Advice & Tips: Just try it, you may have to get used to it at first. It improved my overall motor skills.

**Purpose:** Epilepsy *(Started Jan 26, 2011)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Jan 31, 2012	300 mg Daily	Moderate	Mild	Always	A little

Date: Jan 31, 2012
Advice & Tips: I have tried a long list of different seizure meds I feel for the most part the Vimpat seems to work the best for me. I would like to try to get off the other 2 seizure meds I take and just try the Vimpat alone. I have had a rough past couple of years seizure wise so I am very reluctant to try it tho.
Cost: $200+ monthly

**Purpose:** Epilepsy *(Started Jul 05, 2009)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Jul 07, 2011	400 mg Daily	Slight	None	Always	Not at all

**Purpose:** Seizures (complex partial) *(Started Apr 13, 2011)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
May 25, 2011	350 mg Daily	Major	Severe	Always	Very
Apr 28, 2011	350 mg Daily	Moderate	Severe	Always	Somewhat
Aug 02, 2010		Slight	Mild	Always	A little
May 10, 2010		Major	Mild	Always	Not at all

Side effects:: Excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence), Glaucoma (Both eyes)

Date: May 25, 2011
Advice & Tips: So far, along with my 3000 mg of Depakote daily and 750 mg daily of Primadone I have found myself literally falling asleep at my desk at work.
Cost: < $25 monthly

Date: Apr 28, 2011
Advice & Tips: The doctor has been increasing the dose he said with the intent to get me off Primidon. In doing that I am taking samples that change periodically and he has given samples. I don't know what the cost will be.
Cost: $25-49 monthly

Date: Aug 02, 2010
Advice & Tips: The doctor is considering discontinuing Primidone if this works because he says it would decrease falling asleep all the time. If that works it will be a major benifit. I take it with breakfast and dinner. I think it has made me a little more drowsy adding it to the Depekote and Primidonel.
Cost: $25-49 monthly

Date: May 10, 2010
Advice & Tips: So far this has given me the best benifits with the least side effect of a sizure medication in the last several years. I take the medication, one tablet with breakfast and one with dinner.
Cost: $25-49 monthly

**Purpose:** Anxious mood *(Started Nov 01, 2010)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Feb 05, 2011	300 mg Daily	Moderate	None	Always	Not at all

**Purpose:** Epilepsy *(Started Jan 01, 2010)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Jan 01, 2011	2 x 200 mg/20 mL Daily	Moderate	Mild	Always	Not at all

**Purpose:** Seizures (complex partial) *(Started Jan 21, 2010)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Sep 22, 2010	400 mg Daily	None	Mild	Always	A little

Date: Sep 22, 2010
Advice & Tips: I have increased taking Vimpat and there is no reduction of seizures.

**Purpose:** Epilepsy *(Started Nov 28, 2009)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Jul 08, 2010	50 mg Daily	?Can't tell	Severe	Always	Not at all
Feb 15, 2010	100 mg Daily	?Can't tell	Moderate	Always	Not at all

Date: Jul 08, 2010
Advice & Tips: This is a controlled substance and many places need at least a week notice in refilling this. To get a new prescription from dr. to pharmacy was a pain in the but too. It had to be mailed and not faxed which took longer & this is a newer medication &not many places in our area have heard of this medication and have had to look it up to see what it is.

Date: Feb 15, 2010
Advice & Tips: This is a very new medication just put out. My doctor I just got had to look it up because she had never heard of it before and neither did the hospital she works for and the one I went to in December. I have had alot of side effects on this in which my old neurologist would not take me off of previous meds. due to side effects and he would do the same to this medication and this was causing more severe reactions. Currently i am trying to get off of this medication to a more safer one.