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kepra

Mon, 01/23/2006 - 08:45
does anyone know anything about kepra?

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Re: kepra

Submitted by Jpmanuel on Mon, 2010-08-09 - 02:05

My experiences with Kepra result after 20 years of being on Dilantin therapy. My neurologist suggested a chance in drugs when I started experiencing back problems as a result of long term Dilantin use.  My Neurologist started me on Kepra and the result was not good.  The drug (Kepra) was found to actually induce seizures (I had 4 seizures) in some people from what my doctor said.  After being taken off off Kepra, I was then given Epilim to try out. Epilim was actually worse than Kepra only in the case of side effects. Although my seizures were controlled, I was having poor vision, hand shakes and terrible cramps.  After weaning off of this drug over a period of 6  months, I was slowly put back on Dilantin.  The only change now is that I have Calcium supplements and Vitamin D given to me every day.  I only wish that treating epilepsy was more of an exact science instead of a trial and error case.

 

My experiences with Kepra result after 20 years of being on Dilantin therapy. My neurologist suggested a chance in drugs when I started experiencing back problems as a result of long term Dilantin use.  My Neurologist started me on Kepra and the result was not good.  The drug (Kepra) was found to actually induce seizures (I had 4 seizures) in some people from what my doctor said.  After being taken off off Kepra, I was then given Epilim to try out. Epilim was actually worse than Kepra only in the case of side effects. Although my seizures were controlled, I was having poor vision, hand shakes and terrible cramps.  After weaning off of this drug over a period of 6  months, I was slowly put back on Dilantin.  The only change now is that I have Calcium supplements and Vitamin D given to me every day.  I only wish that treating epilepsy was more of an exact science instead of a trial and error case.

 

Re: kepra

Submitted by irr1449 on Mon, 2010-08-09 - 11:40
Out of Dilantin, Lamictal and Kepra, Kepra was my best med.

Keppra

Submitted by whitetigrus on Sun, 2007-11-25 - 12:44
Please read my discussion!

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