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KEPPRA TOXICITY

Tue, 04/24/2007 - 21:19
A week ago yesterday, April 16th, my daughter started having symptoms of a toxic level to Keppra, the anti-seizure medication she was taking. She said she had been very tired for a couple of weeks. Her dose was 1000mg twide daily. She said she felt lightheaded & dizzy. She said she was having trouble processing information---like she was "high". That next morning she had a Keppra level drawn. Keppra was decreasd to 500 twice daily. By the next day she was having trouble speaking: slurred speech, speech arrest & stuttering with unsteady gait. At that point she went to the ER. She had a CT of her brain which was normal. She was admitted to the hosp. She had an EEG which was abnormal. She had a MRI of the Brain & an MRA, both which were normal. On 4-20 Keppra came back > 150. (Normal is 20-30). Last Keppra level was 3-24-07 & it was 48. The doctors there have never seen a Keppra level this high. Is it possible to network & see how long it will take the Keppra to leave her body? She has to walk with a walker. Her legs are too weak to support her without the walker. Her speech remains impaired with speech arrest & stuttering, plus it is very slow. ANYONE EVER HEARD OF SUCH A HIGH LEVEL??? Any treatment???

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My baby is going through this

Submitted by Loritha on Fri, 2017-10-20 - 14:57
My baby is going through this now she is 14 and they keep saying that my baby is emotional and this is caused from something in her head it started with her I a headache and now she can't walk too far without falling down at first she couldn't walk at all now she still has trouble walking without getting dizzy and passing out and they're saying she has some type of fainting spells that has to do with manifestation in her body was stressed I believe they're wrong and they're still winging her off of Keppra I just want to stop it all together cuz I think it's a problem she was on that dose of 1000 mg twice a day when they started to scale her back she got a little bit better but I just want to stop and all together cuz it's going to take 3 more weeks by the way they want to do it any thoughts please tell me what has happened to your kids I don't want to lose my baby I want her back to normal and she wants to be back to normal and they know this and they keep saying it's all in her head

Can you post his name I am in

Submitted by ibmommel on Mon, 2018-08-13 - 20:29
Can you post his name I am in California 

Just curious, have you had

Submitted by Marciejd on Mon, 2019-03-18 - 20:37
Just curious, have you had any updates on your levels yet?Marcie D

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