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Keppra 500 mg. BID report #SELF-4224
Male patient reported the following Keppra 500 mg. BID side effect(s):Somulence, memory loss,hostile, irritable behavior, sinus bradycardia. {Husband had to be hospitalized} and increasingly severe headache
Sinus Bradycardia, HR between 28-39 for the 5 days on the drug. Keppra was not identified as the problem, but when he was taken off of it in less than 12 hours the HR was now in the 70\'s. Mood tremendously improved, headache gone
Event date: Monday October 26th 12:00:00 AM
Dosage: 500 mg. tab PO BID
Frequency: BID
Age: 65
Weight: 149
Other medications: Prozac 9pt. has been on prozac 16 years with NO problems
Diagnosis: To prevent siezure
Pre-existing conditions: Pt went into hospital after suffering a mild concussion
Hospitalized? Yes
Life-threatening? No
Disabled? No
Birth Defects? No
Was intervention required to prevent damage? Yes
Other serious medical events? Yes
Died? No
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