biotin and keppra

[crazychick]

I have been advised to try biotin as this is needed for growth in a normal diet. Taking biotin with lepprs will this interfer and stop the keppra working? i am on 250mg of keppra atm how much biotin tablets will i need to take does the bioyin actually work? any other reccomendations would be great tll.

 

[Nakamova]

The biotin will not interfere with Keppra. There is no recommended dietary allowance (RDA) established for biotin. The recommended dosage for adults (according to the Mayo Clinic) is 30 to 100mcg per day. The supplement I've taken has 1500 mcg in it -- there are no known issues with taking higher doses. Since Keppra and other AEDs can interfere with biotin metabolism, it can't hurt to take the biotin -- and I hope it helps! It will work for you if a biotin deficiency is what is causing your hair loss.

These are the symptoms of biotin deficiency:

Symptoms of deficiency include thinning of the hair (often with loss of hair color), and red scaly rash around the eyes, nose, and mouth. Other symptoms include depression, listlessness, hallucinations, and tingling in the arms and legs. There is some evidence that cigarette smoking may cause mild biotin deficiency.

I've taken a biotin supplement on and off. It's hard to tell whether it helped slow my hair loss, since I was also reducing my Lamictal dose at the same time.

 

[crazychick]

Thanks nakamova. I just want this hair loss to stop so bad. Think im going to try takin 2 biotin tablets a day as well as my 250mg of keppra and see what happens from there.