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What is LACOPSY 100MG?
- LACOPSY 100MG contains lacosamide which belongs to a group of medicines called “antiepileptic medicines”
CONSUMER MEDICINE INFORMATION
THERAPEUTIC USES
WARNING & PRECAUTIONS
INTERACTIONS
DIRECTIONS FOR USE
SIDE EFFECTS
MORE INFORMATION
Talk to your doctor before taking LACOPSY 100MG if you:
- are allergic to lacosamide
- have severe heart disease such as heart failure or have had a heart attack
Tell your doctor if you are taking, have recently taken or might take any other medicines such as
- medicines to treat heart problems
- carbamazepine, lamotrigine or pregabalin, medicine used to treat epilepsy
- fluconazole, itraconazole or ketoconazole, medicine used to treat fungal infection
- clarithromycin or rifampicin, medicine used to treat bacterial infections
- St.Johns wort, medicine used to treat depression
- Always take this medicine exactly as your doctor has told you
- Take LACOPSY 100MG twice each day - once in the morning and once in the evening
- Try to take it at about the same time each day
- Swallow the LACOPSY 100MG tablet with a glass of water
If you take more LACOPSY 100MG
- If you have taken more LACOPSY 100MG than you should, contact your doctor immediately
If you forget to take LACOPSY 100MG
- If you have missed a dose within the first 6 hours of the scheduled dose, take it as soon as you remember
- Do not take a double dose to make up for a forgotten dose
If you stop taking LACOPSY 100MG
- Do not stop taking LACOPSY 100MG without talking to your doctor, as your epilepsy may come back again or become worse
Like all medicines, this medicine can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.
SERIOUS
COMMON
UNCOMMON
RARE
VERY RARE
- muscle incoordination
- confusion
- headache
- feeling dizzy or sick (nausea)
- double vision (diplopia)
- uncontrollable movements of the eyes nystagmus
- vertigo
- irritability, trouble sleeping, depression;
- sleepiness, tiredness or weakness (asthenia)
- itching, rash.
- changes in behavior
- eating less than usual
- slow heart rate
- exaggerated feeling of wellbeing, seeing and/or hearing things which are not there;
- allergic reaction to medicine intake, hives
- blood tests may show abnormal liver function, liver injury
- thoughts of harming or killing yourself or attempting suicide: tell your doctor straight away;
- feeling angry or agitated
- abnormal thinking or losing touch with reality
- serious allergic reaction which causes swelling of the face, throat, hand, feet, ankles, or lower legs
- fainting
- serious skin reaction which may cause a rash on the face, extended rash, swollen glands
- convulsion
