• Effectiveness

  Slight (for epilepsy)
• Side effects

  None (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 2000 mg Daily

Cost: $50-99 monthly

• Effectiveness

  Can't tell (for epilepsy)
• Side effects

  Severe (for Overall) (seizures (complex partial))
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 750 mg Daily

• Effectiveness

  Slight (for epilepsy)
• Side effects

  Severe (for Overall) (diarrhea)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 1000 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: With this drug I not only had moderate to severe diarhea it also increased my seziures 10 fold. In truth I had more Status attacks than any other time or with any other treatment.

Cost: < $25 monthly

• Effectiveness

  Major (for epilepsy)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall) (excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence))
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 4000 mg Daily

Cost: < $25 monthly

• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for epilepsy)
• Side effects

  Moderate (for Overall) (anxious mood, upset stomach)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 6000 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: THE XR IS THE BEST THE KEPPRA IS THE BEST. THE MAIL ORDER SENT ME THE GENERIC THE OTHER WEEK AND I TRIED IT AND I NOTICED SEIZURE ACTIVITY THAT DAY. SWALLOWING AND NAUSEA IS MY BIGGEST ISSUE BUT THE SEIZURES ARE A LOT BETTER!

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: upset stomach, anxious mood

• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for epilepsy)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Advice & Tips: timer from e-pill for taking pills 5 times a day. timer on phone and pill box

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: upset stomach, anxious mood

• Effectiveness

  Major (for epilepsy)
• Side effects

  None (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 500 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: Being seizurefree, I have no complaints and got my hair back :)

• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for epilepsy)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall) (ataxia (lack of coordination), decreased appetite, cognitive impairment, difficulty recalling words (dysnomia))
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 6 tab(s) Daily

Advice & Tips: Take lots of B6 (Pyroxidine HCL) and B12, Keppra depletes your natural stores.

Cost: $50-99 monthly

• Effectiveness

  Can't tell (for epilepsy)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall) (fatigue)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 3000 mg Daily

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: fatigue

• Effectiveness

  Can't tell (for epilepsy)
• Side effects

  Moderate (for Overall) (fatigue)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Very hard to take

Dosage: 3000 mg Daily

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: fatigue

• Effectiveness

  Can't tell (for epilepsy)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  A little hard to take

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: fatigue

• Effectiveness

  Major (for epilepsy)
• Side effects

  Moderate (for Overall) (weight gain, rage, hair loss, awkward taste in food, sleepiness, loopy feeling)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 2500 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: I take Keppra because I originally started out on Dilantin which hit my liver hard the minute I started taking it. Although Keppra is VERY good at keeping the grand mals away, I have very little time that I feel energetic.

Cost: $50-99 monthly

• Effectiveness

  Major (for epilepsy)
• Side effects

  Moderate (for Overall) (weight gain, rage, hair loss, awkward taste in food, sleepiness, loopy feeling)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Somewhat hard to take

Dosage: 2500 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: While Keppra seems to do a very good job of stopping grand mals in their tracks, I still have quite frequent absence seizures, visual auras, olfactory auras (more often than visual) and serious memory issues. On top of all that, I have fits of rage out of nowhere that can last for up to several hours in which case I stay in my bedroom away from the rest of the family. Even though I have been taking Keppra for years, it STILL makes me groggy, especially if I have to take pain killers of any kind. I have also recently noticed having some problems with things tasting wrong, if not totally disgusting. Foods that I normally love taste gross. I have also lost a lot of hair since I started taking Keppra, but I have to admit it could possibly just be coincidental that I am 52 and just thinning out due to age.

Cost: $50-99 monthly

• Effectiveness

  Major (for epilepsy)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall) (weight gain, rage, hair loss, awkward taste in food, sleepiness, loopy feeling)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  A little hard to take

Dosage: 2500 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: Even though Keppra has worked much better than Dilantin or Topomax, it still makes me tired much of the day and I sometimes have rage issues that are hard to deal with. Oh, and my hair has thinned out since I started taking it, but then again I am 52 and I guess that might be due to aging. =/

Cost: $50-99 monthly

• Effectiveness

  Major (for seizures)
• Effectiveness

  Major (for epilepsy)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall) (I became tired at times., tiredness)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 2000 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: this is a wonder drug along with depakote er.