Keppra: effectiveness, side effects, alternatives in the real world

Number of reports submitted per year:

How effective is Keppra?

• Epilepsy - reported by 704 people
• Seizures - reported by 460 people
• Generalized tonic-clonic seizure - reported by 106 people

Alternative drugs to the conditions Keppra treats:

• Epilepsy
• Seizures
• Generalized tonic-clonic seizure

Keppra side effects by duration, gender and age:

• Keppra side effects (70,381 reports)

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Compare Keppra with similar drugs, by side effects and effectiveness:

• Keppra vs. Carbamazepine
• Keppra vs. Depakote
• Keppra vs. Dilantin
• Keppra vs. Lamictal
• Keppra vs. Lamotrigine
• Keppra vs. Tegretol
• Keppra vs. Tegretol-xr
• Keppra vs. Topamax
• Keppra vs. Trileptal
• Keppra vs. Valproate sodium
• Keppra vs. Vimpat

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Related publications that referenced our studies

• Schattner A, Al-Bewerat A, "Levetiracetam (Keppra), urinary retention and literature search", A fatty cause of renal failure; what is your diagnosis?, 2016 Oct .
• Spengler DC, Montouris GD, Hohler AD, "Levetiracetam as a possible contributor to acute kidney injury", Clinical therapeutics, 2014 Aug .
• Almeida DM, Jean MR, Chystsiakova A, Monahan E, Oliveira SB, Monteiro IM, "Levetiracetam-associated acute pancreatitis in an adolescent with autism: a case report", Pancreas, 2013 Jan .
• Schattner A, Al-Bewerat A, "Levetiracetam (Keppra), urinary retention and literature search", A fatty cause of renal failure; what is your diagnosis?, 2016 Oct .
• Spengler DC, Montouris GD, Hohler AD, "Levetiracetam as a possible contributor to acute kidney injury", Clinical therapeutics, 2014 Aug .
• Almeida DM, Jean MR, Chystsiakova A, Monahan E, Oliveira SB, Monteiro IM, "Levetiracetam-associated acute pancreatitis in an adolescent with autism: a case report", Pancreas, 2013 Jan .

How we gather our data?

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