I am new to the board. My husband is 84 and started having seizures in his early 70's. He has been on Dilantin since the seizures started and was in pretty good control for several years. When the seizures started again, he was also started on Gabapentin 600mg three times daily. His seizures continued at one every several months. We moved to another city and his new doctor started him on Keppra 750mg. twice a day along with his 390mg of Dilantin and gradually stopped the Gabapentin. He hasn't had ANY seizures since. But, we noticed that he developed hiccups after starting on the Keppra. I have been on-line checking to see if the hiccups could be drug related or not. There is some info regarding this issue and that the combo of both meds may be the cause of the hiccups. Has anyone else had this side effect?
Just wanted to say welcome to the board, nerfmom. I take Keppra, and am one of the lucky ones without side effects from it. Keppra can cause a number of side effects, though I haven't heard of hiccups being one of them. Someone else on the board might be able to give you more info, though. Everyone is very helpful here.
I too wanted to welcome you to the board.I have never heard
of hiccups from Keppra and I have been on Keppra for about 4
years now.But,I have never been on Keppra and Dilantin combined.
I hope you can find the info. you are looking for.
Welcome to the board. You can look up drug interactions online and find sites that let you list all the meds someone is on, and they kick out a list of interactions and possible side effects..... just an idea.
The only thing I can think about that causes me to hiccup (yes I'm on Keppra) is the fast food industry's soda thats over carbonated. For some reason THAT makes me hiccup compared to can or bottle or soda.
However dry unprompted out of the blue... NO I have not had that happen. I've been on Keppra for over 6 or 7 years. At 3000mg/day until last year. Have been on meds since the early 1980's (basicly the majority of my life).
Wow, I just thought of something-- for the past few years, I noticed that almost every day, I'll feel like I have to burp, but it turns into a hiccup instead. But a while back, I learned how to stop hiccups at the beginning, so they don't keep going. So I don't even think of it anymore, but if I didn't know how to stop hiccups, I'd have them almost every day, sooo... maybe there is something to that Keppra-hiccup thing... because that didn't start with me until a few years ago, around the time when I started taking Keppra...
Now I'm really curious.
You can look up drug interactions online and find sites that let you list all the meds someone is on, and they kick out a list of interactions and possible side effects..... just an idea.
