Not like Keppra at all. It's one of the benzodiazepines.
Official name of Tranxene is clorazepate; others are lorazepam (Ativan),
diazepam (valium), alprazolam (xanax), etc etc. It's the one I think that
doesn't end in "azepam".
They all show cross tolerance; only lorazepam and (I've heard) diazepam are
used for epilepsy. In general these are best used during the short term. I
take Ativan during emergencies but usually try to lay off of it. None of
these drugs are any "fun" but they are addictive. Ativan especially is
supposed to have a high addictive potential.
I don't know why your doctor is confused about this- these drugs (Ativan,
Tranxene, mayyyybe diazepam, but not Xanax) control seizures immediately. In
fact their seizure control starts out really strong and only decays a bit
with frequent usage.
I used to work at a company that made clorazepate tablets. (A generic of
Tranxene, not Tranxene itself.) It's a controlled substance so if we even
dropped some on the floor we had to carefully dust it up, weigh it, enter
the weight into a specialized notebook, and then dump it into a bottle
labeled "clorazepate waste" which also got weighed. The DEA examined the
notebooks and if there was any discrepancy they came in demanding to be
shown where it was. I can only imagine what would happen if we were making
vicodin.
Keppra comes flying in from an entirely different ballpark. Don't worry
about similarity to Keppra (take it from one who's been there).
Jason
On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 6:06 AM, Victoria Zicafoose <thezfamily04@
>
> Hi,
> Anyone here of Tranxene and if your taking it.... how does it make you
> feel??? My little girl is starting it and it says it can effect behavior and
> if it is like Keppra... the medicine from HE*&.... then I dont want her on
> it. Also....how long does it take for medicine to start controlling
> seizures.... a few days, a week???? Doctor is not sure really.
> Victoria
>
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