Levetiracetam Sun
Аналоги Levetiracetam Sun
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Активный ингредиент: levetiracetam
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About Levetiracetam Sun
Levetiracetam Sun is an epilepsy medicine.
What it is used for
Levetiracetam Sun can be used on its own in patients from 16 years of age with newly diagnosed epilepsy, to treat partial-onset seizures (fits) with or without secondary generalisation. This is a type of epilepsy where too much electrical activity in one side of the brain causes symptoms such as sudden, jerky movements of one part of the body, distorted hearing, sense of smell or vision, numbness, or a sudden sense of fear. Secondary generalisation occurs when the overactivity later reaches the whole brain. Levetiracetam Sun can also be used as an add-on to other anti-epileptic medicines to treat: partial-onset seizures with or without generalisation in patients from four years of age; myoclonic seizures (short, shock-like jerks of a muscle or group of muscles) in patients from 12 years of age with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy; primary generalised tonic-clonic seizures (major fits, including loss of consciousness) in patients from 12 years of age with idiopathic generalised epilepsy (the type of epilepsy that is thought to have a genetic cause). Levetiracetam Sun is used as an alternative for patients when oral treatment is temporarily not feasible.
How it is used
Levetiracetam Sun is given by infusion (drip into a vein) and it can only be obtained with a prescription. The starting dose in patients over 12 years weighing more than 50 kg is 500 mg twice a day. The daily dose can be increased up to 1,500 mg twice a day. For patients aged between 4 years and 17 years weighing less than 50 kg, the dose depends on body weight. The use of Levetiracetam Sun infusion should be temporary.
How it works
The active substance in Levetiracetam Sun, levetiracetam, is an epilepsy medicine. Epilepsy is caused by excessive electrical activity in the brain. The exact way in which levetiracetam works is still unclear but it attaches to a protein called synaptic vesicle protein 2A, which is involved in the release of chemical messengers from nerve cells. This helps Levetiracetam Sun to stabilise electrical activity in the brain and prevent seizures.
Active substance: levetiracetam
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