Friday, June 24, 2011

[epilepsy] Re: change of medicatio

 

I'm very sorry. I don't know how I let that mistake slide by. Megan was on 3000 mg of Keppra, not 8000. Her highest dose of Keppra was 4000, but that was when they were taking her off of lamictal to restart her depakote.

> Susan, Megan had serious side effects of anger and aggression on Keppra, and
> even with a combination of 8000 mg of Keppra and 700 lamictal, it did not
> control her seizures. Everyone is different. We went back to depakote for Megan
> (she's 22) with much better results and really no side effects, although we are
> very conscious of the potential side effects to the baby should she decide to
> have one. She is currently on 1000 mg of Depakote at night and 50 mg of
> Topiramate twice a day.
>
> Tammy
> Megan's Mom

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