| Category of Drug | Levetiracetam is a Anticonvulsants/Antiepileptics drug |
| Mechanism of Action | |
| Indications | Levetiracetam is used for 1. Good effect difficult-to-treat idiopathic focal epilepsies of childhood, 2. Photosensitivity and myoclonus- Generalised epilepsy with photosensitivity 3. Idiopathic epilepsy– control of GTCS and Myoclonic 4. Treatment of postanoxic and post-encephalic myoclonic epilepsy 5. Epileptic encephalopathies- LGS, West Syndrome, severe myoclonic epilepsy,absence seizure, 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. behavioural changes such as hostility aggression, apathy, anxiety, depression, psychosis. |
| Pregnancy Category | C |
