Levetiracetam Pinewood 100mg/ml concentrate for solution for infusion

Երկիր: Մալթա

Լեզու: անգլերեն

Աղբյուրը: Medicines Authority

Ակտիվ բաղադրիչ:

LEVETIRACETAM

Հասանելի է:

Pinewood Laboratories Limited Ballymacarbry, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, Ireland

ATC կոդը:

N03AX14

INN (Միջազգային անվանումը):

LEVETIRACETAM 100 mg/ml

Դեղագործական ձեւ:

CONCENTRATE FOR SOLUTION FOR INFUSION

Կազմը:

LEVETIRACETAM 100 mg/ml

Ռեկվիզորի տեսակը:

POM

Թերապեւտիկ տարածք:

ANTIEPILEPTICS

Ապրանքի ամփոփագիր:

Licence number in the source country: NOT APPLICAPABLE

Լիազորման կարգավիճակը:

Withdrawn

Հաստատման ամսաթիվը:

2020-04-24

Տեղեկատվական թերթիկ

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PACKAGE LEAFLET: INFORMATION FOR THE PATIENT
Levetiracetam Pinewood 100mg/ml concentrate for solution for infusion
Levetiracetam
(referred to as Levetiracetam concentrate for solution for infusion)
READ ALL OF THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU OR YOUR CHILD START
TAKING THIS MEDICINE BECAUSE IT
CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR YOU.
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Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again.
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If you have any further questions, ask your doctor, pharmacist or
nurse.
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This medicine has been prescribed for you only. Do not pass it on to
others. It may harm
them, even if their signs of illness are the same as yours.
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If you get any of the side effects, talk to your doctor, pharmacist or
nurse. This includes any
possible side effects not listed in this leaflet. See section 4.
WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET
1.
What Levetiracetam concentrate for solution for infusion is and what
it is used for
2.
What you need to know before you are given Levetiracetam concentrate
for solution for
infusion
3.
How Levetiracetam concentrate for solution for infusion is given
4.
Possible side effects
5.
How to store Levetiracetam concentrate for solution for infusion
6.
Contents of the pack and other information
1.
WHAT LEVETIRACETAM CONCENTRATE FOR SOLUTION FOR INFUSION IS AND WHAT
IT IS USED FOR
Levetiracetam is an antiepileptic medicine (a medicine used to treat
seizures in epilepsy).
Levetiracetam concentrate for solution for infusion is used:
•
on its own in adults and adolescents from 16 years of age with newly
diagnosed epilepsy, to
treat a certain form of epilepsy. Epilepsy is a condition where the
patients have repeated fits
(seizures). Levetiracetam is used for the epilepsy form in which the
fits initially affect only
one side of the brain, but could thereafter extend to larger areas on
both sides of the brain
(partial onset seizure with or without secondary generalisation).
Levetiracetam has been given
to you by your doctor to reduce the number of fits.
•
as an add-on to other antiepileptic medicines to treat:
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partial onse

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SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
1.
NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Levetiracetam Pinewood 100mg/ml concentrate for solution for infusion
2.
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
Each ml contains 100 mg of levetiracetam.
Each 5 ml vial contains 500 mg of levetiracetam.
Excipient(s) with known effect:
Each vial contains 19mg of sodium
For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.
3.
PHARMACEUTICAL
FORM
Concentrate for solution for infusion
Clear, colourless, concentrate
4.
CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1
THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS
Levetiracetam concentrate for solution for infusion is indicated as
monotherapy in the
treatment of partial onset seizures with or without secondary
generalisation in adults and
adolescents from 16 years of age with newly diagnosed epilepsy.
Levetiracetam concentrate for solution for infusion is indicated as
adjunctive therapy
•
in the treatment of partial onset seizures with or without secondary
generalisation in
adults adolescents, and children from four years of age with epilepsy.
•
in the treatment of myoclonic seizures in adults and adolescents from
12 years of age
with Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy.
•
in the treatment of primary generalised tonic-clonic seizures in
adults and adolescents
from 12 years of age with Idiopathic Generalised Epilepsy.
Levetiracetam concentrate for solution for infusion concentrate is an
alternative for patients
(adults and children from 4 years of age) when oral administration is
temporarily not feasible.
4.2
POSOLOGY AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION
Posology
Levetiracetam therapy can be initiated with either intravenous or oral
administration.
Conversion to or from oral to intravenous administration can be done
directly without
titration. The total daily dose and frequency of administration should
be maintained.
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_Monotherapy for adults and adolescents from 16 years of age_
The recommended starting dose is 250 mg twice daily which should be
increased to an initial
therapeutic dose of 500 mg twice daily after two weeks. The dose can