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Vimpat
Tue, 05/12/2009 - 21:33Has anyone tried Vimpat yet? If so, will you share your experiences with it (good and bad), decision to take it or not, etc.? My doctor wants me to switch to it. Thanks so much!
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Re: Vimpat
Submitted by als on Tue, 2009-08-18 - 08:38
i was in the study group with the actual pill taking 250 morning and 250 evening for the past 3 years...... i also take topamax. the drug is not to bad. during the period, i maybe had two or three auras a year. prior to the period i might have had 1 a month.
during the study - i would have to check in with my neuro approximately every 3 months. they would concentrate on ekg and blood. i would always have questions to fill out.
here is where you should be concerned since the questions centered around the following:
how happy are you - are you depressed
how is your memory
and of course, have you experienced any change in your seizure behavior.
***********my big effect was in my memory, i had to adjust for remembering certain items.***********
it was not like where did i leave my car keys, but names of people who you have not seen in a while - these were things i usually had no problem with in the past; as well as other similar items.
als
i was in the study group with the actual pill taking 250 morning and 250 evening for the past 3 years...... i also take topamax. the drug is not to bad. during the period, i maybe had two or three auras a year. prior to the period i might have had 1 a month.
during the study - i would have to check in with my neuro approximately every 3 months. they would concentrate on ekg and blood. i would always have questions to fill out.
here is where you should be concerned since the questions centered around the following:
how happy are you - are you depressed
how is your memory
and of course, have you experienced any change in your seizure behavior.
***********my big effect was in my memory, i had to adjust for remembering certain items.***********
it was not like where did i leave my car keys, but names of people who you have not seen in a while - these were things i usually had no problem with in the past; as well as other similar items.
als
Re: Vimpat
Submitted by tbaldwin on Fri, 2009-07-24 - 23:23
Today is July 24,2009 at 11:24 pm, I been taking 600mgs daily of lacosamide. 200-400mgs was aproved in both Europe and then by U.S.'s FDA. I've been involved in a study since 6/08 for information that is now being used by UCB.