In the state's,
the insurance company's dictate what they and will, & will not pay for, and if you don't have good insurance you mines as well forget about fighting for the brand that you prefer !!!

Hi, I’ve been on the generic version since the companies patent ran out and opened up the way for the same but cheaper version of this medicine.

@A MyEpilepsyTeam Member, yes i have had this happen many times before and it still happens to me now until i have the pharmacist call my neurologist and she has to give an authorization for brand name. When a doctor gives prescriptions, they will ask for brand name. But when the order comes to the pharmacist, the insurance company will always tell the pharmacist to use generic unless the doctor puts in a request for brand name. There is a difference between the two. In some medications and with some people, it depends on that individual's seizures.

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I had to have my neurologist write to Drs and pharmacy and somewhere else she mentioned cause if I don't get brand name Keppra I'm usually found on the floor and if I don't get the Clobazam I could slap you in seconds (unknowingly) or be in a staring competition with the wall til I come out of it or my mom shouts my name otherwise I just twitch after twitch until again I'm on the floor.

I had to do it a while back. Went to my Neurologist and we discussed it that's when he suggested, Levetiracetam. Now I'm taking 3 tablets daily ER 500mg (3 capsules)It has bee working very well for me since about 2016