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Old 02-20-2009, 08:15 AM
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Anyone experiences with Vimpat (lacosamide) yet?


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UCB announced that the European Commission (EC) has approved Vimpat® (lacosamide) as adjunctive therapy in the treatment of partial-onset seizures with or without secondary generalisation in patients with epilepsy aged 16 years and older. Vimpat® is the first new antiepileptic drug (anti-epileptic drug) for partial-onset seizures in three years and offers a new treatment option for European patients living with uncontrolled partial-onset epilepsy.
Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/120117.php
Vimpat was appoved for Europe in sept. 2008 and will be on the Dutch market in March 2009.
Recently a neurologist suggested it for a 3-year old kid with Lennox Gastaut Syndrome stating Vimpat is promising for Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (many drugs for 16+ are prescribed in polytherapy for this syndrome.) But I can't find resources mentioning it's specificly prescribed or effective for Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome.
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It made my partial complex worse. It helped my tonic clonic. But it made me more tired. I feel like a kid trying to get my life together again.
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I tried Vimpat in March of 2011 and it wasnt the best for me. Made me feel depressed and I just wasnt myself. I think if I recall right, I got up to 100mgs, and tried going back down to 50mgs a day, but it didnt improve things, so they took me off of it.
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I started Vimpat in the Spring of 2011 for two months. It did bad things to the way I acted around people and caused some depression. I had more complex partial seizures than I did before but my tonic clonic seizures were better, I attributed both effects to the Vimpat. My doctor told me that if I continued it and let my body adjust to the change better things might happen but I didn't want to take the chance. I don't remember how much I was taking. Good luck with it.
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