Just adding my past experience with my daughter....
Its very hard to get theraputic ranges for keppra unless you have a simple case of ep. The level for keppra is levitrimician and it is a send out testtakes 72 hours to get results back. yuck!
Our epitologist doesn't check my daughters all the time due to the fact that it takes so long to get back and my daughter has epilepsy due to her metabolism so if her metabolism is up then her keppra level is gone before long. And vice versa! It really just depends on how much keppra you take and how your body absorbs it!
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From: Dawn <dgroeschen@straitsc
To: epilepsy@yahoogroup
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 3:10:30 PM
Subject: [epilepsy] Re: Keppra
Her levels were checked for Keppra? My son's neurologist said there is no need to check the blood for the Keppra because it is mostly out of his system in 24 hours. I'm just wondering if we should have his blood checked. It wouldn't be any big deal, as he already has his blood drawn every three months for his diabetes.
Dawn, mom to:
Joshua (9/15/1997, microphthalmia/ phpv/prosthetic left eye) and
Jonathon (10/28/1998, type 1 <insulin-dependent> diabetes, epilepsy and migraines)
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> From: Cindy Sodemann <shandril18969@ ...>
> Subject: RE: [epilepsy] Re: Keppra
> To: epilepsy@yahoogroup s.com
> Date: Thursday, June 11, 2009, 1:51 PM
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> Is the medication working for her?
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> --- On Thu, 6/11/09, Sandy <sande989@yahoo. com> wrote:
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> From: Sandy <sande989@yahoo. com>
> Subject: RE: [epilepsy] Re: Keppra
> To: epilepsy@yahoogroup s.com
> Date: Thursday, June 11, 2009, 2:44 PM
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> My daughter is 4 and I would break the pills in half and get her to drink as much as she could with a straw. She has been swallowing pills since she was 2. You just have to work with them.
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> From: Cindy Sodemann <shandril18969@ yahoo.com>
> Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 11:23 AM
> To: epilepsy@yahoogroup s.com
> Subject: Re: [epilepsy] Re: Keppra
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> Why not just get the liquid form & mix it in chocolate milk?
> That's what I do for my 4 year old. He gets a little treat every AM and PM that way :)
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> My son is on generic & is not controlled.
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> From: dandprider <dandprider@ yahoo. com>
> Subject: [epilepsy] Re: Keppra
> To: epilepsy@yahoogroup s.com
> Date: Thursday, June 11, 2009, 11:04 AM
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> > Does anybody that takes Keppra or the generic crush it? My pharmasist had a major cow about having to put ok to crush on my daughter's bottles to take to camp. There is no way she can swollow that exta large pill and the liquid just make her sick.
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> My daughter is Six and we crush her keppra. some pharmacists say not to crush it but others say it is fine. I tried liquid mixed with food and crushing and mixing with food, it works the same. I never noticed a difference. You could just send a pill crusher to camp. Patricia
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