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Levipil 500 MG Tablet XR Health Feed

Asked for male, 35 years old from Chennai
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MS - General Surgery, MBBS, MCh - Neuro ...read more

Neurosurgeon•Hyderabad
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If you have not had any seizures or fits in 5 years you can speak to your neurologist regarding reducing and maybe stoping the levipil. The module may remain but if you don't have fits then there's no further treatment required.
Asked for male, 27 years old from Bangalore Rural
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Psychiatrist•Bangalore
Both of them have the same drug.
But each ones absorption and duration of action is modified by manufacturing process of the drug.
If your doctor has prescribed it for fits control, she/he must have calculated the peak action of the drug around the time of fits. So, take accordingly for effective control of fits.
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Asked for male, 38 years old from Korba
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Cardiologist•Alappuzha
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Commonly reported side effects of levetiracetam (levipil) include: infection, psychoneurosis, drowsiness, asthenia, headache, nasopharyngitis, nervousness, abnormal behavior, aggressive behavior, agitation, anxiety, apathy, depersonalization, depression, fatigue, hostility, hyperkinetic muscle activity, mental disorders,.
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Neurologist•Kolkata
Brivaracetam can surely cause mood swing though less than levetiracetam. However, occasionally levetiracetam can cause less behavioral disturbances when compared to brivaracetam .there are many antiseizure drugs that does not worsen mood or anxiety like lamotrigine or carbamazepine. These two drugs rather stabilize mood. Alternatively, levetiracetam can be restarted after discussing with a neurologist as levetiracetam dose can be increased more that what your son was taking.
Asked for female, 56 years old from Mumbai
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Hello,
though this kind of problem as a side effect of levera is not recorded and as you have been taking medicine for years and the dose has been decreased the chance of side effects of this nature are less. This is a kind of startle syndrome and does not seem to be part of seizures or side effects some medicine I think adequate rest and proper sleep may get rid both of your pain and startle syndrome, best to review after 2 weeks.
Asked for female, 51 years old from Delhi
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MBBS, MS - ENT

ENT Specialist•Lucknow
Dear lybrate-user, positional vertigo is not a side effect of levesam. Instead it is a disease itself bppv. The drug vertin only acts when their is associated vestibular rehabilitation excercises and then treated with integrated balance therapy provided their is no bppv.in bppv treatment is by particle repositioning maneuvures and there is no role of madication. Sincerely.dr. Vilas misra.
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Asked for male, 37 years old from Delhi
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IVF Specialist•Bangalore
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It is a category c drug, means till now harmful effects in foetus has not been obseved. But in animals there are few cases where abnormal babies has been produced. See your neurologists.
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Asked for male, 22 years old from Gorakhpur
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DM- Neurology, MD Medicine, MBBS

Neurologist•Delhi
Its safe to take levipil and you can continue with the protein supplement. There are no interactions.
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Asked for female, 26 years old from Aurangabad
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Levetiracetam is pregnancy category b3. It is not linked to major birth defects. Also it does not put the unborn child’s cognitive or language development at risks according to latest studies. This is extremely encouraging for young women who are responsive to levetiracetam.
You may plan a pregnancy while on this drug without much anxiety.
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Asked for female, 29 years old from Kolkata
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MD - Obstetrtics & Gynaecology, FCPS, DG...read more

Gynaecologist•Mumbai
Levetiracetam is supposed to be effective in controlling seizures during pregnancy and relatively free of teratogenic side effects. However, data on its efficacy and teratogenicity during pregnancy are limited
-women on antiepileptic drugs should receive counseling by neurophysician, regarding the risk of fetal abnormalities; folic acid supplementation is recommended.
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