A study for a 30 year old man who takes Levetiracetam (an AI-powered real world drug study)

Summary:

4,565 males aged 30 (±5) who take the same drug and have adverse effects are studied. This is a phase IV clinical study for a 30 year old male patient who has Epilepsy. The study is created by eHealthMe based on reports from sources including the FDA.


On Aug, 02, 2026

4,565 males aged 30 (±5) who take Levetiracetam and have adverse effects are studied.


Number of reports submitted per year:

Levetiracetam for a 30-year old man.

Information of the patient in this study:

  • Age: 30
  • Gender: male

What are the drugs?

What are the conditions?

  • Epilepsy (common and diverse set of chronic neurological disorders characterized by seizures) is found to be associated with 1,163 drugs and 1,777 conditions by eHealthMe. Check the latest studies of Epilepsy.

What are the adverse effects?


Comparison with patient's specific adverse outcomes:

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By the same drug(s):

  • Memory Loss:
    - among males aged 30 (±5) who take the same drug: 0.37% (17 of 4,565)
    - among people who take the same drug, regardless of gender or age: 0.94% (1,382 of 146,369)
  • Short Of Breath:
    - among males aged 30 (±5) who take the same drug: 0% (0 of 4,565)
    - among people who take the same drug, regardless of gender or age: 0% (0 of 146,369)
  • Agitation (state of anxiety or nervous excitement):
    - among males aged 30 (±5) who take the same drug: 1.1% (50 of 4,565)
    - among people who take the same drug, regardless of gender or age: 0.83% (1,208 of 146,369)
  • Diarrhoea:
    - among males aged 30 (±5) who take the same drug: 1.05% (48 of 4,565)
    - among people who take the same drug, regardless of gender or age: 1.25% (1,825 of 146,369)
  • Headache (pain in head):
    - among males aged 30 (±5) who take the same drug: 0.96% (44 of 4,565)
    - among people who take the same drug, regardless of gender or age: 1.36% (1,985 of 146,369)

By each condition:

  • people who have Agitation with Epilepsy:
    - among males aged 30 (±5) who have Epilepsy: 2.62% (94 of 3,582)
    - among people who have Epilepsy, regardless of gender or age: 1.59% (1,585 of 99,803)
  • people who have Diarrhoea with Epilepsy:
    - among males aged 30 (±5) who have Epilepsy: 2.54% (91 of 3,582)
    - among people who have Epilepsy, regardless of gender or age: 2.14% (2,140 of 99,803)
  • people who have Headache with Epilepsy:
    - among males aged 30 (±5) who have Epilepsy: 2.32% (83 of 3,582)
    - among people who have Epilepsy, regardless of gender or age: 2.85% (2,843 of 99,803)
  • people who have Memory Loss with Epilepsy:
    - among males aged 30 (±5) who have Epilepsy: 2.99% (107 of 3,582)
    - among people who have Epilepsy, regardless of gender or age: 2.26% (2,251 of 99,803)
  • people who have Short Of Breath with Epilepsy:
    - among males aged 30 (±5) who have Epilepsy: 0% (0 of 3,582)
    - among people who have Epilepsy, regardless of gender or age: 0% (0 of 99,803)

By each drug (FDA data only):

  • people who take Levetiracetam and have Agitation:
    - among males aged 30 (±5) who take Levetiracetam and have side effects: 2.06% (50 of 2,433)
    - among people who take Levetiracetam and have side effects, regardless of gender or age: 1.62% (1,208 of 74,772)
  • people who take Levetiracetam and have Diarrhoea:
    - among males aged 30 (±5) who take Levetiracetam and have side effects: 1.97% (48 of 2,433)
    - among people who take Levetiracetam and have side effects, regardless of gender or age: 2.44% (1,825 of 74,772)
  • people who take Levetiracetam and have Headache:
    - among males aged 30 (±5) who take Levetiracetam and have side effects: 1.81% (44 of 2,433)
    - among people who take Levetiracetam and have side effects, regardless of gender or age: 2.65% (1,985 of 74,772)
  • people who take Levetiracetam and have Memory Loss:
    - among males aged 30 (±5) who take Levetiracetam and have side effects: 0.7% (17 of 2,433)
    - among people who take Levetiracetam and have side effects, regardless of gender or age: 1.85% (1,382 of 74,772)
  • people who take Levetiracetam and have Short Of Breath:
    - among males aged 30 (±5) who take Levetiracetam and have side effects: 0% (0 of 2,433)
    - among people who take Levetiracetam and have side effects, regardless of gender or age: 0% (0 of 74,772)

Common side effects *:

  1. Drug Ineffective : 458 people, 10.03%
  2. Convulsion (muscles contract and relax rapidly and repeatedly, resulting in an uncontrolled shaking of the body): 226 people, 4.95%
  3. Rhabdomyolysis (a condition in which damaged skeletal muscle tissue breaks down): 220 people, 4.82%
  4. Status Epilepticus (a life-threatening condition in which the brain is in a state of persistent seizure): 203 people, 4.45%
  5. Drowsiness : 154 people, 3.37%
  6. Fatigue (feeling of tiredness): 145 people, 3.18%
  7. Aggression : 138 people, 3.02%
  8. Headache (pain in head): 138 people, 3.02%
  9. Nausea (feeling of having an urge to vomit): 134 people, 2.94%
  10. Nausea And Vomiting : 132 people, 2.89%
  11. Thrombocytopenia (decrease of platelets in blood): 130 people, 2.85%
  12. Fever : 127 people, 2.78%
  13. Dizziness : 126 people, 2.76%
  14. Stress And Anxiety : 123 people, 2.69%
  15. Weakness : 123 people, 2.69%
  16. Agranulocytosis (a deficiency of granulocytes in the blood, causing increased vulnerability to infection): 120 people, 2.63%
  17. Depression : 107 people, 2.34%
  18. Death : 105 people, 2.30%
  19. Overdose : 93 people, 2.04%
  20. Fall : 92 people, 2.02%

Common co-existing conditions *:

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  1. Convulsion (muscles contract and relax rapidly and repeatedly, resulting in an uncontrolled shaking of the body): 233 people, 5.10%
  2. Partial Seizures (seizures which affect only a part of the brain at onset): 209 people, 4.58%
  3. Status Epilepticus (a life-threatening condition in which the brain is in a state of persistent seizure): 188 people, 4.12%
  4. Multiple Sclerosis (a nervous system disease that affects your brain and spinal cord. it damages the myelin sheath): 96 people, 2.10%
  5. Pain : 81 people, 1.77%
  6. Stress And Anxiety : 73 people, 1.60%
  7. Depression : 71 people, 1.56%
  8. High Blood Pressure : 63 people, 1.38%
  9. Schizophrenia (a mental disorder characterized by a breakdown of thought processes): 56 people, 1.23%
  10. Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (a term that refers to a condition where seizures are generated in the portion of the brain called the temporal lobe): 47 people, 1.03%
  11. Agitation (state of anxiety or nervous excitement): 47 people, 1.03%
  12. Crohn's Disease (a condition that causes inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract): 42 people, 0.92%
  13. Sedation : 42 people, 0.92%
  14. Fever : 41 people, 0.90%
  15. Hiv Infection : 40 people, 0.88%
  16. Complex Partial Seizures (epileptic seizure): 39 people, 0.85%
  17. Insomnia (sleeplessness): 39 people, 0.85%
  18. Grand Mal Convulsion (a type of generalized seizure that affects the entire brain): 39 people, 0.85%
  19. Astrocytoma (tumour of the brain that originate in a particular kind of glial-cells): 35 people, 0.77%
  20. Brain Neoplasm Malignant (brain cancer tumour): 34 people, 0.74%

Common co-used drugs *:

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  1. Vimpat (285 people, 6.24%)
  2. Lamictal (250 people, 5.48%)
  3. Lamotrigine (244 people, 5.35%)
  4. Lacosamide (203 people, 4.45%)
  5. Clobazam (176 people, 3.86%)
  6. Clonazepam (165 people, 3.61%)
  7. Carbamazepine (159 people, 3.48%)
  8. Phenytoin (150 people, 3.29%)
  9. Tegretol (142 people, 3.11%)
  10. Valproic Acid (139 people, 3.04%)
  11. Dilantin (134 people, 2.94%)
  12. Midazolam (123 people, 2.69%)
  13. Topiramate (119 people, 2.61%)
  14. Valproate Sodium (117 people, 2.56%)
  15. Perampanel (116 people, 2.54%)
  16. Depakote (109 people, 2.39%)
  17. Trileptal (105 people, 2.30%)
  18. Diazepam (91 people, 1.99%)
  19. Topamax (89 people, 1.95%)
  20. Lorazepam (88 people, 1.93%)

Drug effectiveness *:

Levetiracetam:
  • not at all: 4.48 %
  • somewhat: 14.93 %
  • moderate: 26.12 %
  • high: 36.57 %
  • very high: 17.91 %

* Some reports may have incomplete information.


How to use the study?

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How the phase IV clinical study uses the data?

The study is based on gender, age, active ingredients of any drugs used. Other drugs that have the same active ingredients (e.g. generic drugs) are considered. Dosage of drugs is not considered in the study.

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