Lacosamide Genepharm Dosage/Direction for Use

Always take this medicine exactly as prescribed. Patients must be advised to check with the doctor or pharmacist if they are not sure.
Taking Lacosamide Genepharm: Take Lacosamide Genepharm twice each day - approximately 12 hours apart.
Patients must be advised to try to take it at about the same time each day.
Lacosamide Genepharm tablet should be swallowed with a glass of water.
Lacosamide Genepharm may be taken with or without food.
The patient will usually start by taking a low dose each day and will be slowly increased over a number of weeks. When the dose that works is reached, this is called the "maintenance dose", the same amount should be taken each day. Lacosamide Genepharm is used as a long-term treatment. The patient should continue to take Lacosamide Genepharm until prescribed.
How much to take: Listed as follows are the normal recommended doses of Lacosamide Genepharm for different age groups and weights. A different dose may be prescribed if the patient has problems with the kidneys or with the liver.
Adolescents from 16 years of age weighing 50 kg or more and adults: When Lacosamide Genepharm is taken with other antiepileptic medicines: The usual starting dose of Lacosamide Genepharm is 50 mg twice a day.
The twice daily dose may be increased every week by 50 mg. This will be until a maintenance dose is reached between 100 mg and 200 mg twice a day.
If the patient weighs 50 kg or more, the doctor may decide to start Lacosamide Genepharm treatment with a single "loading" dose of 200 mg. The patient would then start the ongoing maintenance dose 12 hours later.
Adolescents from 16 years of age weighing less than 50 kg: With other antiepileptic medicines, in the treatment of partial-onset seizure: The dose depends on their body weight. For doses not multiple of 50 mg, consider using an appropriate strength or preparations of other brands in the market.
Forgotten intake of Lacosamide Genepharm: If the patient has missed a dose within the first 6 hours of the scheduled dose, it should be taken as soon as the patient remembers.
If the patient has missed a dose beyond the first 6 hours of the scheduled dose, the missed tablet should not be taken anymore. Instead Lacosamide Genepharm should be taken at the next time that it would normally be taken.
A double dose should not be taken to make up for a forgotten dose.
Stopping intake of Lacosamide Genepharm: Patients must be advised not to stop taking Lacosamide Genepharm without talking to the doctor, as the epilepsy may come back again or become worse.
If the doctor decides to stop the treatment with Lacosamide Genepharm, the patient must be advised how to decrease the dose step by step.
Patients must be advised if they have any further questions on the use of this medicine.