I am 31 year old male who contracted west nile virus illness which triggered seizures. I am currently on frisium 10 mg Levetiracetam 1000 mg and 200 mg Lacosamide all twice a day. What is the minimum dose I can reach and what memory issues will I still have with the least amount where we stop?

Dr. Sajeev KumarGeneral Physician33yrs exp

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The dosage given here are only guidelines and you have to go by the advice of your treating doctor. Levetiracetam dose is Initiate treatment with a daily dose of 1000 mg/day, given as twice-daily dosing (500 mg twice daily). Additional dosing increments may be given (1000 mg/day additional every 2 weeks) to a maximum recommended daily dose of 3000 mg. There is no evidence that doses greater than 3000 mg/day confer additional benefit. In patients already taking an antiepileptic drug (AED), maintain lacosamide at recommended maintenance dose of 150-200 mg PO BID for at least 3 days before initiating withdrawal of the previous AED.  

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