Long-Term Accidental Overdose of Levetiracetam in an Infant
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2014Yazar
Ozkale, Yasemin
Ozkale, Murat
Saygi, Semra
Erol, Ilknur
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Levetiracetam is one of the new anticonvulsant drugs that has a high therapeutic index and potential antiepileptogenic effects. Herein, we report a patient with multidrug refractory epilepsy and Ohtahara syndrome who was accidentally administered 300 mg/kg/d for 35 days by her mother. To our knowledge, there are only a few cases of accidental overdose of levetiracetam in pediatric patients reported in the literature, and this case study is the first to report such a high and long-term dose in an infant who showed no adverse effects.