What is Levetiracetam used for?
Levetiracetam is a medicine used to treat epilepsy. Levetiracetam is available on prescription. It comes as tablets, a liquid and granules.
Does Keppra come in liquid form?
KEPPRA is an antiepileptic drug available as 250 mg (blue), 500 mg (yellow), 750 mg (orange), and 1000 mg (white) tablets and as a clear, colorless, grape-flavored liquid (100 mg/mL) for oral administration.
What is the other name for Levetiracetam?
Levetiracetam is used with other medications to treat seizures (epilepsy). It belongs to a class of drugs known as anticonvulsants. Levetiracetam may decrease the number of seizures you have. Levetiracetam is available under the following different brand names: Keppra, Keppra XR, and Spritam.
Is levetiracetam an antibiotic?
Levetiracetam is an anticonvulsant that is used in conjunction with other medications for the treatment of certain types of seizure. It may cause drowsiness but interactions with other medications are less common than with some other anticonvulsants.
How do you give keppra to a baby?
How should you give your child levetiracetam? The tablets should be swallowed whole. If you need to, you may split the tablet and mix it with water for administration. It can be given with or without food.
Can levetiracetam cause liver damage?
Since its approval for use and wide spread availability, however, levetiracetam has been linked to rare instances of serum enzyme elevations and occasional cases of clinically apparent liver injury.
What kind of tablets are levetiracetam 500 mg?
Levetiracetam Tablets USP, 500 mg are yellow oval shaped biconvex film-coated tablets debossed with a deep break line separating ‘E’ and ‘11’ on one side and plain on the other side. Levetiracetam Tablets USP, 750 mg are orange oval shaped biconvex film-coated tablets debossed with a deep break line separating ‘E’…
How much levetiracetam can I take in one day?
Initial dose: 10 mg/kg oral/IV twice a day, increase in increments of 10 mg/kg twice a day in 2-week intervals. Maximum dose: 30 mg/kg twice a day. 16 years and older: Initial dose: 500 mg oral/IV twice a day, increase in increments of 500 mg twice a day in 2-week intervals.
How is levetiracetam eliminated from the body?
Levetiracetam is eliminated from the systemic circulation by renal excretion as unchanged drug which represents 66% of administered dose. The total body clearance is 0.96 mL/min/kg and the renal clearance is 0.6 mL/min/kg. The mechanism of excretion is glomerular filtration with subsequent partial tubular reabsorption.