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Keppra generics, change in manufacturers
Mon, 10/03/2011 - 06:40Newbie here, first post. I am a parent of a daughter who is a college freshman away from home. She takes 1000 mg generic Keppra 2x day to control seizures (tonic-clonic, absence, partial complex) that started 7 years ago when she was 11 (cause of seizures is unknown). We have to get our long-term prescriptions from Medco, and the generic Keppra she has taken for the past 18 months has been manufactured by Teva. Medco has just switched manufacturers to Torrent.
Has anyone had any issues with generic Keppra manufactured by Torrent? We can't be the only ones who have to use Medco. My daughter has about 20 days left of the Keppra manufactured by Teva, then she will have to switch over. The switch will happen after her midterms, so she has that going for her.
Thank you in advance for any input.
I know this is old, but I'm
Submitted by nanny_5d8c0b8b3ab3c on Mon, 2020-02-17 - 16:25
I know this is old, but I'm going to post anyway.I started out with with Levetiracetam 750 mg 2 times daily. The manufacturer was Torrent. I was good for about 2 months, then pharmacy switched to Lupin, another manufacturer, and within 2 weeks I was having GM's. I requested another manufacturer at the pharmacy and was presented with a list of the manufacturers. Since I was Torrent and had good results with seizure control, I went back. No luck there and the seizures continued just not quite as severe or often. Called my Dr. back and requested brand name Keppra and Rx was called into my pharmacy. They refused to order brand name Keppra, even prepaid. I tried another pharmacy ( same name, different town ) and was refused again even with prepay. I finally found a pharmacy that would order and it and I went with it. Of course i fought it out with the insurance company and lost ( United Health, bought out by Optum Pharmacy ) and its been about 2 weeks with no seizures, although the dosage is 3000mg daily. My Dr. is looking for alternatives as the price without ins. is unbelievable ! I also take an antidepressant that has to be brand because generic does'nt work. Everything else I take is generic. Only the two brain meds. have to be brand.