General Info:

Levetiracetam is a prescription medicine taken by mouth that is used with other medicines to treat:

• partial onset seizures in people 4 years of age and older with epilepsy
• myoclonic seizures in people 12 years of age and older with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
• primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures in people 6 years of age and older with certain types of generalized epilepsy.

Levetiracetam is used in combination with other medications to treat seizure disorders (epilepsy). Levetiracetam has been shown to decrease the number of seizures in adults and children with a certain type of seizure (partial onset). It is not known how it works to prevent seizures.

Levetiracetam is an anti-epileptic drug.

Levetiracetam is used to treat partial onset seizures in adults and children who are at least 4 years old. <>pLevetiracetam is also used to treat tonic-clonic seizures in adults and children who are at least 6 years old, and myoclonic seizures in adults and children who are at least 12 years old.

Levetiracetam may also be used for other purposes not listed in this medication guide.

Do not drive, operate machinery or do other dangerous activities until you know how Levetiracetam affects you. Levetiracetam may make you dizzy or sleepy.

Levetiracetam is sold as brand names:

• Keppra