Posted by susan C on August 16, 2001, at 20:16:20
In reply to Re: Cam, other areas and Keppra Levetiracetam » susan C, posted by Cam W. on August 16, 2001, at 17:57:38
...but I hadn't quite realized how hard. I knew it was new, but hadn't quite accepted it.
It will be three weeks this Saturday, two at 250mg (500 was too sedating, so 'we' are going slower) He has 5 TR that have found it helpful. The main reason, and also listed in literature, for stopping, is the sedation. I am at 500 now and am not really sure what to think. I am going to give it a good go. I have my 'journal' in four different places and just found one from a post on this board, for the computer, that I think will be good. I suppose it is an improvement that I am trying to figure this all out. Plus I have found tremendous help here on this board. Just trying to write and answer and articulate is a challenge for me verbally, so to write and edit takes me time, also is very revealing when I am going through a rough patch, I can hardly type.
We are such an unusual mix,babblers, everybody is so different, but so similar. Thank you again for your input. I will call out to the European Union to see if I can get some response. Now I am curious and more confident. It has been a long struggle. Do I see a light?
Warmest Regards in this Odd Place Called Cyberspace - Susan C
> Susan - I have no experience with Keppra, outside of the little blurbs I Have read (ie. little chance of pharmacokinetic drug-drug interactions and mechanism of action related to GABA system, but unknown).
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> I know of no one who has tried it, but since I work in the community, that is not unusual for a new drug, especially for off-label use. Theoretically, enhancing GABAergic transmission should work in both epilepsy and bipolar disorder, by stabilizing neuronal membranes (nerve cells).
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> Sorry, but you'll be my guinea pig on this one. Perhaps start a new thread and ask others, especially Europeans, about Keppra.
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> Good luck - Cam
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