| Category of Drug | Levetiracetam is a Anticonvulsants/Antiepileptics |
| Mechanism of Action | |
| Indications | Levetiracetam is used for 1. Good effect difficult-to-treat idiopathic focal epilepsies of childhood 2. Including variations such as continuous spike and wave during sleep or Landau-Kleffner syndrome 3. Photosensitivity and myoclonus- Generalised epilepsy with photosensitivity 4. Idiopathic epilepsy– control of GTCS and Myoclonic 5. Treatment of postanoxic and post-encephalic myoclonic epilepsy 6. epileptic encephalopathies-LGS 7. West Syndrome 8. Severe myoclonic epilepsy 9. Absence seizure 10. Rolandic epilepsy. |
| Well Known Pharmaceutical Brands | |
| Available dosage forms | 1. TABLETS 2. SYRUP 3. INJECTION |
| Dose | |
| Contraindications | Hypersensitivity. |
| Precautions | 1. Renal disease 2. pregnancy |
| Adverse Effects | 1. Most frequent somnolence 2. Asthenia 3. Headache 4. Hair loss 5. Vertigo 6. Infection 7. Behavioural changes such as hostility aggression 8. Apathy |
| Pregnancy Category | C |
