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Keppra and Alcohol
Mon, 02/04/2008 - 13:49I am a healthy 28 year old male who just had his first 2 seizures on consecutive days. I went to the hospital and had an MRI and an EEG. The EEG came back abnormal so the DR. put me on Keppra 1000mg a day. I am a social drinker who drinks regularly. The Doctor said I shouldn't drink and if I do I can only have one drink. Is this true? I am not an alcoholic but the thought of never being able to get drunk again is fairly upsetting to me. Does anyone have any advice? What happens if I do drink?
Thanks
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Re: Keppra and Alcohol
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2008-06-09 - 08:32
Please put external links under the forum thread of "resources, products and helpful lilnks". Thanks!
Epi_help, Resource Specialist
Please put external links under the forum thread of "resources, products and helpful lilnks". Thanks!
Epi_help, Resource Specialist
Re: Keppra and Alcohol
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2008-06-09 - 08:45
Anyone diagnosed with seizures and taking seizure medicine should read up on alcohol effects on both meds and seizures, and talk to their doctor for individual device.
While drugs of many kinds and alcohol don't mix, too much alcohol can aggravate seizures directlly in some people or increase seizures as the withdrawal effects of alcohol occur. People also may get more forgetful, missing seizure medicines which can increase likelihood of seizures even more. How much people drink and how fast may affect how the alcohol effects them, and how it may affect their seizures meds. It may also affect how drunk a person gets. Here's a link to info about things that can affect seizures. Make sure to listen to your doctor too and ask lots of questions. It will help you learn what's important for you. People do need to learn how to cope with the social effects - how and where to go out with friends and not drink, and other ways of socializing.
http://www.epilepsy.com/epilepsy/provoke_seizure
http://www.epilepsy.com/epilepsy/provoke_alcohol
http://www.epilepsy.com/epilepsy/seizure_medicines
Epi_help, Resource Specialist
Anyone diagnosed with seizures and taking seizure medicine should read up on alcohol effects on both meds and seizures, and talk to their doctor for individual device.
While drugs of many kinds and alcohol don't mix, too much alcohol can aggravate seizures directlly in some people or increase seizures as the withdrawal effects of alcohol occur. People also may get more forgetful, missing seizure medicines which can increase likelihood of seizures even more. How much people drink and how fast may affect how the alcohol effects them, and how it may affect their seizures meds. It may also affect how drunk a person gets. Here's a link to info about things that can affect seizures. Make sure to listen to your doctor too and ask lots of questions. It will help you learn what's important for you. People do need to learn how to cope with the social effects - how and where to go out with friends and not drink, and other ways of socializing.
http://www.epilepsy.com/epilepsy/provoke_seizure
http://www.epilepsy.com/epilepsy/provoke_alcohol
http://www.epilepsy.com/epilepsy/seizure_medicines
Epi_help, Resource Specialist
Re: Keppra and Alcohol
Submitted by wilbert on Mon, 2008-06-09 - 04:21
Keppra is a medicine that is used with other medicines to treat primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures in adults and children 6 years of age and older with idiopathic generalized epilepsy, myoclonic seizures in patients 12 years of age and older with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, and partial onset seizures in patients 4 years of age and older with epilepsy. This may cause extreme sleepiness, tiredness, weakness or problems with muscle coordination. If I were you, follow what the doctor said. In fact it's for your own sake. Alcohol can do no good to you and to your health.
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wilbert
Alcohol abuse affects millions. This site has a lot of useful information.
Keppra is a medicine that is used with other medicines to treat primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures in adults and children 6 years of age and older with idiopathic generalized epilepsy, myoclonic seizures in patients 12 years of age and older with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, and partial onset seizures in patients 4 years of age and older with epilepsy. This may cause extreme sleepiness, tiredness, weakness or problems with muscle coordination. If I were you, follow what the doctor said. In fact it's for your own sake. Alcohol can do no good to you and to your health.
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wilbert
Alcohol abuse affects millions. This site has a lot of useful information.