Keppra Treatment Report
See More Treatments
See all treatments in the PatientsLikeMe system shared by patients just like you.
What is Keppra?
Keppra is a brand name for the anti-convulsant drug levetiracetam, used to treat epilepsy. Keppra is a brand name of UCB Inc.
Read more...
See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.
Reasons Taken
54 patients in the community are taking or have taken Keppra.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 28 | 51% |
| Pain | 5 | 9% |
| Stiffness/spasticity | 5 | 9% |
| General health | 2 | 3% |
| Headaches/ Migraines | 1 | 1% |
| epilepsy | 1 | 1% |
| Fatigue | 1 | 1% |
| Partial seizures | 1 | 1% |
| Burning/ Buzzing/ Tingling painful feet | 1 | 1% |
| Tremors | 1 | 1% |
| Numbness, tingling, pins & needles (paresthesia) | 1 | 1% |
| brain seizures | 1 | 1% |
| Cramps | 1 | 1% |
| Trigeminal neuralgia (tic douloureux) | 1 | 1% |
| Balance issues | 1 | 1% |
| jerky movements of legs and head | 1 | 1% |
| Headache | 1 | 1% |
Duration
How long current patients have been taking Keppra or how long patients were taking Keppra before stopping.
Currently taking Keppra
Stopped taking Keppra
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 4 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 50% | 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 50% | 1 |
Other
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 50% | 2 |
| Mild | 25% | 1 |
| None | 25% | 1 |
Top reported side-effects include: sleepiness, Decreased appetite, Sexual/urinary
Summary results are based on 4 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 4)
-
- slowrambler
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: none
- Vision: mild
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: none
- Walking: moderate
- See profile
-
by slowrambler
Sep 07, 2008
- EfficacyModerate
- Side-effectsModerate
- Stiffness/spasticity
- Advice/Tips
- This doesn't appear to be an "instant" spasticity relief medication, or at least in my situation. I had to "wean off" of the highest prescribable dosage of Zanaflex while simultaneously "ramping up" my Keppra dosage. Therefore, it wasn't until I reached my current dosage of Keppra that I started realizing positive results of this medication. Given the feedback from other's that I've spoken to that are using Keppra; there doesn't seem to be any "middle ground" in terms of success in treating their MS related spasticity. It appears that it either worked or it didn't work. To that point, being that Keppra is an anti-convulsive/Epileptic medication; some neurologists won't prescribe it for MS related spasticity.
- See full evaluation
-
0 helpful marks
-
- shuffles
- Sensation: Severe
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
- See profile
-
by shuffles
Sep 09, 2008
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsModerate
- Other
- Advice/Tips
- it has taken care of my focal seizures but it took a while to find the right dosage.
- See full evaluation
-
0 helpful marks