Q&A About Vimpat
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What is Vimpat?
Vimpat is a prescription medicine for epilepsy that works when added to other epilepsy medicines to increase control of partial-onset seizures in adults. More info
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What side effects have people had with Vimpat?
The most common side effects experienced by patients who took Vimpat in studies were dizziness, headache, nausea, and double vision. Most people taking Vimpat described these side effects as "mild" or "moderate," and they occurred more often as the dose was increased. They may improve with time as your body adjusts to this therapy, so talk to your neurologist about any side effects you might have.
Like other AEDs, Vimpat may cause suicidal thoughts or behavior in a very small number of people, about 1 in 500. Call your healthcare provider right away if you have new or worsening symptoms of depression, any unusual changes in mood or behavior, or thoughts of self harm that you have never had before or may be worse than before. Please see the Important Safety Information for more details.
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How can Vimpat help?
Almost 60% of people who have seizures experience them as partial-onset seizures and less than half of people with epilepsy respond to the first seizure medicine they try. Vimpat has been studied with every commonly used epilepsy medicine and—when taken with those medicines—was found to improve seizure control. Vimpat has been shown to help with even difficult-to-treat seizures. It offers hope for the more than 800,000 people who are not getting the control they deserve. More info
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How does Vimpat work?
Studies suggest that Vimpat works in a way that is different from any other epilepsy medicine. However, as with many other epilepsy medicines, exactly how Vimpat helps control partial-onset seizures isn't fully understood. Vimpat works
with brain cells to help them respond to a seizure. During a seizure, channels in the brain cells are opened for a longer time than usual, and allow too many electrical
signals to pass through too fast. Vimpat helps to slow the flow of these electrical signals. More info
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What are the benefits of Vimpat?
Vimpat offers increased control over your partial-onset seizures. Vimpat has little effect on memory, and, for most people, it had little effect on weight gain. Studies have shown that Vimpat can be taken with most other epilepsy medicines. Common side effects are usually mild-to-moderate. Please see important safety information for more details. More info
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How do we know Vimpat works?
Vimpat has been studied for almost 10 years and has been effective with every common epilepsy medicine. Vimpat has been shown to improve partial-onset seizure control when added to each of the following medicines.
People who had taken several other epilepsy medicines in the past had improved seizure control after adding Vimpat. More info
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How do I take Vimpat?
It is very important to take any medicine as directed and to not change or stop your medicine without talking to your neurologist or epileptologist. You may begin to notice the benefits of Vimpat after a few weeks. Keep taking it even if you don’t see a change right away, because for some people it may take longer.
Be sure to talk to your doctor if you still have frequent seizures or have any side effects. Your doctor may start you on a lower dose of Vimpat and increase your dose as your body gets used to the medicine in order to get you to where you need to be. More info
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Who makes Vimpat?
Vimpat is made by UCB, The Epilepsy Companyâ„¢. For more than 20 years, UCB has been dedicated to creating epilepsy treatments to better the lives of people with epilepsy and their loved ones.
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