Levetiracetam Extended-Release Tablets: I de ɛp fɔ kɔntrol di sik we de mek pɔsin sik!

If yu gɛt sik we de mek yu sik, ɔ if pɔsin we yu sabi gɛt ɛpilepshi, sɔntɛnde dɔktɔ dɛn kin gi yu wan mɛrɛsin we dɛn kɔl Levetiracetam. Dis na tru mɔ na di ‘extended-release’ fɔm. Dis min se di mɛrɛsin kin kɔmɔt na di bɔdi as tɛm de go. So tide, lɛ wi tɔk smɔl bɔt Levetiracetam, aw i de wok, ɛn wetin yu nid fɔ no we yu de yuz am.

Us kayn mɛrɛsin na Levetiracetam?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, Levetiracetam na mɛrɛsin wae de ɛp pipul dɛm wae gɛt epilepsy, dat na, di wan dɛm wae kin gɛt fit ɔltɛm, fɔ kɔntrol da sik de. Dat fit kin apin we sɔm pan di nɛv dɛn na wi bren kin gladi pasmak ɛn kin wok tumɔs kwik kwik wan. So wetin dis mɛrɛsin de du na fɔ mek dɛn nerv dɛn de we de wok pasmak, kol. Dɔn di fit kin go dɔŋ ɔ dɛn kin kɔntrol am.

Dis na ‘Extended-Release’ kayn pil, we dɛn mek fɔ rilis di mɛrɛsin sloslo, ɔl di de. So, yu kin tek am wan tɛm insay di de. Bɔt dat na yu dɔktɔ fɔ disayd bay di sik we yu gɛt.

Yu kin fɛn dis mɛrɛsin na di famasi ɔnda brand nem dɛm lɛk `ELEPSIA XR`, `Keppra XR`, `Roweepra`. Ilɛk wetin na di nem, i gɛt di sem mɛrɛsin we dɛn kɔl Levetiracetam.

De tin wae impɔtant pas ɔl fɔ tɛl yu dɔktɔ bifo yu tek dis mɛrɛsin

Bifo yu bigin fɔ tek Levetiracetam, i impɔtant fɔ tɛl yu dɔktɔ ɔ fama bɔt dɛn tin ya. Dis na impɔtant tin bikɔs i go sho if dis mɛrɛsin fayn fɔ yu ɔ nɔ rayt fɔ yu, ɛn ɔmɔs fɔ gi yu.

• If yu gɛt sik na yu kidni: Lɛk bɔku mɛrɛsin, dis mɛrɛsin kin kɔmɔt na yu kidni. If yu gɛt prɔblɛm wit yu kidni, di mɛrɛsin kin gɛda na yu bɔdi.
• If yu dɔn de tink bɔt fɔ kil yusɛf, yu dɔn tray fɔ kil yusɛf, ɔ if sɔmbɔdi na yu famili dɔn tink bɔt fɔ kil yusɛf: Pan ɔl we dis na tɔpik we rili impɔtant, i rili impɔtant fɔ tɛl yu dɔktɔ bikɔs sɔntɛnde dis mɛrɛsin kin afɛkt yu maynd.
• If yu gɛt alɛji fɔ Levetiracetam, ɛni ɔda mɛrɛsin, it, it day, ɔ tin dɛn we de mek yu nɔ pwɛl: Yu fɔ tɔk bɔt dis bak.
• If yu gɛt bɛlɛ ɔ yu de tray fɔ gɛt bɛlɛ: Sɔm mɛrɛsin nɔ fayn we yu gɛt bɛlɛ.
• If yu na mama we de gi pikin in mama in bɛlɛ: Sɔm mɛrɛsin kin pas to yu pikin tru in mama in milk.

Aw a fɔ yuz dis mɛrɛsin?

Okay, naw mek wi si aw fɔ yuz dis mɛrɛsin ɛksaktɔli.

• Swɛla dis pil ɔl wit wan glas wata.
• Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na, nɔ brok, krɔs, ɔ chew dis pil. Bikɔs dis na ‘Extended-Release’ pil, dɛn mek am fɔ mek i absɔb sloslo. If yu brok ɔ krɔs am, ɔl di mɛrɛsin kin go insay yu bɔdi wan tɛm ɛn mek prɔblɛm.
• Tek di mɛrɛsin jɔs lɛk aw yu dɔktɔ tɛl yu, di tɛm ɛn di rayt we aw yu tɛl yu fɔ tek am.
• Yu kin tek dis wit it ɔ yu nɔ it am. Bɔt if i pɔsibul, tray fɔ tek am lɛk di sem tɛm ɛvride. Da we de, yu nɔ go fɔgɛt ɛn i go izi fɔ kip di mɛrɛsin na di sem lɛvɛl na yu bɔdi.
• Nɔ stɔp fɔ tek dis mɛrɛsin wantɛm wantɛm, ɔ ɛni ɔda mɛrɛsin we yu de tek fɔ fit, we yu nɔ go to yu dɔktɔ fɔ ɛni rizin. If yu du dat, chans de fɔ mek di fit go bɔku ɔr de sik go wɔs. If yu stɔp, yu fɔ du am akɔdin to yu dɔktɔ in instrɔkshɔn, ɛn smɔl smɔl yu fɔ ridyus di doz.
• We yu gɛt mɛrɛsin, di famasi de gi yu spɛshal `MedGuide`, wan liflet we gɛt di ditel bɔt di mɛrɛsin. Rid am gud gud wan ɛvri tɛm we yu gɛt mɛrɛsin. I gɛt bɔku impɔtant tin dɛn.
• If yu de gi dis mɛrɛsin to pikin dɛm: Dɛn kin gi dis mɛrɛsin to pikin dɛm we dɔn pas 12 ia fɔ sɔm kɔndishɔn dɛm. Bɔt sɔm tin dɛn de we yu fɔ tek tɛm mɔ bɔt. So, if yu de gi pikin dis mɛrɛsin, tek tɛm tɔk to yu dɔktɔ ɛn fɛn di ditil dɛm.
• If yu aksidɛntli tek bɔku mɛrɛsin (ɔvados): If dis apin, nɔ panik, bɔt kɔl di ɔspitul imejensi dipatmɛnt ɔ pɔyzin kɔntrol sɛnta we de nia yu wantɛm wantɛm.
• Wan ɔda tin, dis mɛrɛsin na fɔ yu nɔmɔ. Nɔ gi dis mɛrɛsin to yu padi ɔ fambul dɛn, ilɛksɛf dɛn gɛt di sem prɔblɛm lɛk yu.

Wetin yu kin du if yu mis yu mɛrɛsin?

Fɔ fɔgɛt fɔ tek yu mɛrɛsin kin apin to ɛnibɔdi. If yu mis wan doz fɔ Levetiracetam, na dis fɔ du:

• If na fɔ sɔm awa nɔmɔ yu mis wan doz we yu mɛmba, tek am jɔs lɛk aw yu mɛmba.
• Bɔt if i dɔn lɛf smɔl fɔ lɛ yu tek yu nɛks doz we yu mɛmba, skip di doz we yu mis ɛn jɔs tek yu nɛks doz di tɛm we yu dɔn sɛtul.
• Nɔ ɛva tek tu doz di sem tɛm, dat na, tu doz. We yu du dat, i kin mek yu gɛt prɔblɛm bay we yu de tek di mɛrɛsin mɔ.

Dis mɛrɛsin kin miks wit ɔda mɛrɛsin dɛn? (Intarakshɔn dɛn)

Yes, Levetiracetam kin intarakt wit sɔm ɔda mɛrɛsin dɛn. Dat min se, dɛn kin afɛkt dɛnsɛf ɛn ɔ ridyus ɔ inkrisayz di ɛfɛktiv fɔ dis mɛrɛsin, ɔ inkrisayz di sayd ɛfɛkt dɛm.

Fɔ ɛgzampul:

• `Carbamazepine` (Carbamazepine - Dis na mɛrɛsin bak we dɛn kin gi fɔ fit)
• `Colesevelam` (Colesevelam - wan mɛrɛsin fɔ kɔlɔstrel)
• Probenecid (na mɛrɛsin fɔ gaut) .
• `Sevelamer` (Sevelamer - na mɛrɛsin we dɛn kin gi to pipul dɛn we gɛt kidni)

Di list we de ɔp nɔto ɔltin. Sɔntɛm ɔda mɛrɛsin dɛn de. So, tɛl yu dɔktɔ bɔt ɔl di mɛrɛsin dɛn we yu de tek (vitamin, tradishɔnal mɛrɛsin, ɔyl, ivin mɛrɛsin dɛn we yu kin bay fɔ ed pen ɛn bak pen). Dɔn bak, mek shɔ se yu tɛl yu dɔktɔ if yu de smok, drink rɔm, ɔ yu de yuz drɔgs we nɔ rayt, bikɔs dɛn tin ya kin miks bak wit dis mɛrɛsin.

Tin dɛn we yu fɔ tek tɛm wit we yu de yuz dis mɛrɛsin

We yu de tek dis mɛrɛsin, no bɔt dɛn tin ya fɔ yu sef ɛn fɔ mek shɔ se di mɛrɛsin de wok fayn fayn wan.

• Si yu dɔktɔ ɔltɛm: Kɔntinyu fɔ tɔk to yu dɔktɔ fɔ si aw yu de du, if yu mɛrɛsin de wok, ɛn if yu de gɛt ɛni bad bad tin. Dɛn kin aks yu fɔ wɛr breslɛt ɔ chen we de sho se yu gɛt mɛrɛsin. I go se yu gɛt epilepsy ɛn di mɛrɛsin dɛn we yu de tek. I fayn bak fɔ kip da kayn kad de wit yu, bikɔs i kin fayn fɔ yu if ɛnitin apin we nɔ izi fɔ yu.
• Wach fɔ siriɔs tin dɛn we de apin to yu skin: Dis rili impɔtant. Sɔntɛnde, lɛvetiracetam kin mek pɔsin gɛt siriɔs riakshɔn na di skin . Dɛn tin ya kin apin sɔm wik ɔ mɔnt afta dɛn dɔn bigin fɔ tek di mɛrɛsin.

If yu gɛt fiva ɔ tin dɛn we tan lɛk kol ɛn yu gɛt rash, tɛl yu dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm. Di rash kin tɔn rɛd ɔ pepul, dɔn i kin blista ɛn pul am. Ɔ yu kin gɛt swel na yu fes ɔ yu lip, ɔ yu kin gɛt swɛlin na yu nɛk ɔ yu armpit, we kin rɛd. If yu si sɔntin lɛk dis, nɔ delay.

• Bɔt di doz: I rili impɔtant fɔ tek dis mɛrɛsin jɔs lɛk aw yu dɔktɔ tɛl yu. Yu kin nid fɔ ajɔst yu doz smɔl we yu fɔs bigin. I kin tek sɔm wik ɔ mɔnt fɔ fɛn di rayt doz fɔ yu. Tɛl yu dɔktɔ if yu sik de wɔs, ɔr if yu gɛt nyu kayn sik.
• Drɔw ɛn diziz: Dis mɛrɛsin kin mek yu fil fɔ slip ɔr yu ed de tɔn. So, te yu no aw dis mɛrɛsin de afɛkt yu, nɔ drayv, wok na ayt, yuz mashin, ɔ du ɛnitin we nid fɔ pe atɛnshɔn. Nɔ grap na bed ɔ na chia kwik kwik wan, mɔ if yu dɔn ol. If yu du dat, i go mek yu nɔ gɛt bɔku bɔku ed ɛn fɔdɔm.
• Nɔ drink rɔm: If yu drink rɔm, dat kin mek dis mɛrɛsin nɔ wok fayn ɛn i kin mek yu gɛt mɔ sayd ɛfɛkt lɛk fɔ slip ɛn diziz. So, i bɛtɛ fɔ lɛ yu nɔ drink rɔm ɔl we yu de tek dis mɛrɛsin.
• Wach yusɛf fɔ tink bɔt fɔ kil yusɛf: Dis bak rili impɔtant. Sɔm pipul dɛn kin tink bɔt fɔ kil dɛnsɛf ɔr dɛn kin du dis kayn tin wae dɛn de tek dis mɛrɛsin. So tek tɛm bad bad wan bɔt aw yu de tink ɛn aw yu de biev. If yu maynd de wɔs, if yu de vɛks mɔ ɛn mɔ, if yu de wɔri, if yu fil lɛk se yu nɔ de ɛnjɔy ɛnitin, ɔ if yu fil se yu go day, tɛl yu dɔktɔ ɔ pɔsin we yu trɔst wantɛm wantɛm.
• Tablɛt shel we de kɔmɔt wit stɔl: Insay sɔm kayn ‘Extended-Release’ tablɛt, afta yu dɔn swɛla di mɛrɛsin, wan smɔl pat pan di tablɛt we dɛn kɔl tablɛt shel nɔ de sɔlv. Dis na nɔmal tin. Di tablɛt shel kin kɔmɔt wit yu stɔl. Dis nɔto natin fɔ wɔri bɔt, ɛn i nɔ min se di mɛrɛsin nɔ bin absɔb.
• Bɛlɛ Rɛjista: Uman dɛn we gɛt bɛlɛ we dɛn de tek dis mɛrɛsin kin rɛjista wit di Nɔt Amɛrika Antiepileptic Drug Pregnancy Registry bay we dɛn kɔl 1-888-233-2334. Dis rɛjista de gɛda infɔmeshɔn bɔt di sef fɔ tek antiepileptic drɔgs we uman gɛt bɛlɛ. Yu kin aks yu dɔktɔ fɔ no mɔ bɔt dis.

Wetin na di sayd ɛfɛkt dɛm we dis mɛrɛsin kin gɛt?

Lɛk ɛni mɛrɛsin, Levetiracetam kin mek sɔm sayd ɛfɛkt. Nɔto ɔlman kin gɛt dɛn, bɔt i fayn fɔ no bɔt dɛn.

Di sayd ɛfɛkt dɛm we yu fɔ ripɔt to yu dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm:

If yu gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn sayd ɛfɛkt ya, yu fɔ tɛl yu dɔktɔ kwik kwik wan, ɛn nɔ de te:

• Alɛji: If yu gɛt rɛsh na yu skin, it, ayv, ɔ yu fes, lip, tɔng, ɔ trot swel, dis kin bi imejensi.
• Di blɔd prɛshɔn we pikin dɛn kin gɛt kin go ɔp.
• Di sayn dɛm fɔ di sik: fiva, kol, kɔf, ɔ trot we de at.
• Lɔs fɔ balans ɔ nɔ ebul fɔ du wan wok (lɔs kɔdineshɔn).
• Di sayn dɛm we de sho se di rɛd blɔd sɛl nɔ bɔku: Fɔ fil se yu taya pasmak, yu de tɔn diziz, yu ed de at, yu nɔ go ebul fɔ blo.
• Big chenj dɛm na yu maynd ɛn bihayvya: Fɔ fil wɔri, nɔr de rɛst, kɔnfyus, si ɔr yɛri tin dɛm wae nɔr de (hallucinations), de vɛks bad bad wan, de et ɔda pipul dɛm, de tink bɔt fɔ kil yusɛf, yu want fɔ du bad to yusɛf, wan wan fil bad na yu mud, fil pwɛl hat.
• Siriɔs tin dɛn we kin apin to pɔsin in skin:Rɛd, blista, pil, ɔ lɔs skin. Dis kin apin bak insay di mɔt.
• Trobul fɔ waka.
• Brus ɔ blɔd we nɔ kɔmɔn.
• Wik ɔ taya we nɔ kɔmɔn.

Sayd ɛfɛkt dɛm wae nɔr kin bi big tin, bɔt if dɛn kɔntinyu, yu fɔ tɛl yu dɔktɔ :

Dɛn sayd ɛfɛkt ya nɔ kin siriɔs fɔ tɛl dɔktɔ, bɔt if dɛn kɔntinyu ɔ de mɔna yu bɔku, tɛl yu dɔktɔ:

• Diziz we pɔsin kin gɛt
• Di we aw pɔsin kin slip
• Taya
• Fɔ vɛks kwik, fɔ vɛks kwik
• I nɔ kin want fɔ it igen

Mɛmba se dis list nɔ go gɛt ɔl di bad tin dɛn we dis mɛrɛsin kin du. If yu notis ɛnitin we nɔ kɔmɔn apat frɔm dɛn tin ya, tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt am. Yu kin ripɔt bak di sayd ɛfɛkt dɛn to di FDA (Food and Drug Administration) na 1-800-FDA-1088.

Aw a fɔ kip dis mɛrɛsin?

Fɔ kip mɛrɛsin fayn fayn wan rili impɔtant fɔ mek dɛn kɔntinyu fɔ gɛt dɛn kwaliti.

• Kip dis mɛrɛsin usay smɔl pikin dɛn nɔ go ebul fɔ rich ɛn usay dɛn nɔ go ebul fɔ rich.
• Stɔr am na rum tɛmpracha (bitwin 15 ɛn 30 digri sɛlshiɔs, we de bitwin 59 ɛn 86 digri F. Nɔ kip am na say dɛn we wam pasmak, we wet pasmak, ɔ usay di san de shayn dairekt wan. Ples dɛn lɛk di bafa nɔ fayn.
• Nɔ yuz mɛrɛsin dɛn we dɔn pas di de we dɛn fɔ dɔn. Trowe dɛn fayn fayn wan. Yu kin aks yu fama aw fɔ trowe dɛn fayn fayn wan.

Dis na jɔs shɔt sɔmari fɔ wetin wi dɔn tɔk bɔt Levetiracetam Extended-Release Tablets. Sɔntɛm i nɔ go gɛt ɔl di infɔmeshɔn. If yu gɛt ɛni ɔda kwɛstyɔn ɔ wɔri bɔt dis mɛrɛsin, nɔ shem fɔ aks yu dɔktɔ, fama, ɔ pɔsin we de kia fɔ yu wɛlbɔdi biznɛs we de trit yu.

Fɔ dɔn, mɛmba dis (Take-Home Message) .

So, Levetiracetam, we wi bin tɔk bɔt tide, na wan rili impɔtant mɛrɛsin we de ɛp fɔ kɔntrol di sik we pɔsin kin gɛt. Bɔt i rili impɔtant fɔ fala di dɔktɔ in instrɔkshɔn dɛn di rayt we we yu de yuz am.

• Mek shɔ se yu tɛl yu dɔktɔ bɔt ɛni ɔda sik we yu gɛt, ɛni ɔda mɛrɛsin we yu de tek, ɛn ɛni alɛji we yu gɛt bifo yu bigin fɔ tek di mɛrɛsin.
• Yu fɔ no ɔltɛm bɔt di bad tin dɛn we kin apin to yu. Tek tɛm mɔ pan tin dɛn lɛk prɔblɛm wit yu skin, we yu de chenj yu maynd, ɛn we yu de tink bɔt fɔ kil yusɛf. If yu notis ɛnitin lɛk dis, tɛl yu dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.
• Nɔ ɛva stɔp fɔ tek mɛrɛsin wantɛm wantɛm we yu nɔ aks yu dɔktɔ.
• As yu kin slip, tek tɛm we yu de drayv ɔ du wok we yu nid fɔ wach.
• Nɔ drink rɔm kpatakpata.

Mɛmba se yu wɛlbɔdi rili impɔtant to yu. So, ilɛk us prɔblɛm yu gɛt ɔ wetin de na yu maynd, nɔ fred fɔ tɔk to yu dɔktɔ opin wan. Na da tɛm de nɔmɔ yu go ebul fɔ gɛt di rayt tritmɛnt.

` Levetiracetam, Epilepsy, Sizhɔ, mɛrɛsin, sayd ɛfɛkt, ɛkstend-rilis, Keppra XR