Lacosamide Strides
Lacosamide Strides is an epilepsy medicine used to help reduce seizures.
Form
siirappi
Strength
10 mg/ml
Active Ingredient
Lacosamide
Manufacturer
Strides Nordic ApS
How to Use
Dosage
The usual starting dose is 50 mg (5 ml) twice a day. Your doctor will slowly increase your dose over several weeks.
Method
Take this syrup twice a day, about 12 hours apart, with or without food.
Important
Do not take more than 600 mg (60 ml) per day, unless your doctor tells you otherwise.
Possible Side Effects
COMMON
- •Headache
- •Dizziness or nausea
- •Double vision
- •Quick muscle twitches
- •Problems with coordination or walking
- •Balance problems, shaking, tingling, muscle cramps, falling, bruising
- •Memory problems, difficulty thinking or finding words, confusion
- •Fast, uncontrolled eye movements, blurred vision
- •Spinning sensation, feeling drunk
- •Vomiting, dry mouth, constipation, indigestion, gas, diarrhea
- •Reduced sensation, difficulty speaking, attention problems
- •Ringing or buzzing in the ears
- •Irritability, trouble sleeping, depression
- •Sleepiness, tiredness, weakness
- •Itching, skin rash
RARE
- •Slow heart rate, palpitations, irregular pulse, or other heart rhythm changes
- •Feeling overly happy, seeing or hearing things that are not real
- •Allergic reaction, hives
- •Abnormal liver test results, liver damage
- •Thoughts of harming yourself or suicide
- •Anger or agitation
- •Unusual thoughts or feeling detached from reality
- •Severe allergic reaction with swelling of face, throat, hands, feet, ankles, or lower legs
- •Fainting
- •Involuntary movements
- •Abnormally fast heart rate (ventricular tachycardia)
- •Sore throat, high fever, and more infections than usual (low white blood cells)
- •Severe skin reaction with fever, flu-like symptoms, facial rash, widespread rash, swollen glands (elevated liver enzymes, increased white blood cells)
- •Widespread rash with blisters and skin peeling (Stevens-Johnson syndrome) or a more severe form where over 30% of skin peels (toxic epidermal necrolysis)
- •Seizures (convulsions)
Important Warnings
- Do not take this medicine if you are allergic to lacosamide or any other ingredient.
- Tell your doctor if you have certain heart rhythm problems (like second- or third-degree AV block) or serious heart conditions (like heart failure or a heart attack).
- Contact your doctor right away if you have thoughts of harming yourself or suicide.
- This medicine can make you feel dizzy or cause you to fall. Be careful until you know how it affects you.
- Do not drink alcohol while taking this medicine.
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- If you are pregnant, planning to become pregnant, or breastfeeding, talk to your doctor. This medicine is not recommended during pregnancy or breastfeeding.
- Do not drive or use machines until you know how this medicine affects you, as it may cause dizziness or blurred vision.