i had keppra and switched to the leveteracetam. what dr told me is leveteracetam is the top ingredent in making keppra. dr also said that the little ingregents in keppra may or may not work with leveteracetam.
i switched from the local wallgreens to a local cvs... leveteracetam had seizures at the cvs one.
my conclusion... when making keppra and leveteracetam, make shure its both the right brand and the right manufacturer.

That did happen to me. The company that was giving me my medication decided to save some money so they changed my medication to generic medication instead of brand name. Shortly after the generic medication started to fail. A 911 call was had to made. When I was in the hospital they told me the medication was not working, it was not strong enough. So now “Brand Name Medically Necessary “ is written on prescriptions. Generic medication may work perfectly for some people but some reason it did not for me. Don’t forget to take your medication tonight!

Ingredients maybe the same , but that doesn’t mean that ingredients are the same amount in the generics. So what you experience in the brand medication, you may experience something different for side effects

I have been off-line for a while, mainly for health reasons (!!!), so this is the first time I have seen this particular post. After being tried on several different meds, none of which were successful and which mostly had unpleasant side effects, I was put on Lamotrogine - the generic name for this medication - which was successful to an extent but not fully. I then moved from Scotland over to live in France where my GP changed this generic drug to Lamictal - a branded version of the same medication - and its effect improved considerably. So, as did Peanuts doctor, my French GP marked my prescriptions with the instruction Branded Version only. I then had to move back to Scotland where they told me that there was no difference between generic and branded except that the branded version was considerably more expensive than the generic and that they were not authorised to prescribe it!! Unfortunately I have believed that until I read the current posts. As my seizures are still not fully under control, after 15 years and particularly as each episode of seizures seems to cause even more long-term memory problems, I am now going to try to insist that my consultant allows me to try the branded Lamictal once again!! Perhaps if I shout loudly enough, I will at least be allowed to give it a go!!??

That did happen to me. The company that was giving me my medication decided they wanted to save some money. So they decided to give me generic medication. Generic medication works fine for some people, but not for me. My seizures increased so much that I needed to go to the hospital by ambulance. My Dr. discovered that the pharmacy was giving me generic medication. So now “Brand Name Medically Necessary” is written on my prescriptions. In the end it all came down to money. Money seems to be the root of all evils.
Peanuts
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