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piracetam and Drug Withdrawal Symptoms

piracetam has been researched along with Drug Withdrawal Symptoms in 23 studies

Piracetam: A compound suggested to be both a nootropic and a neuroprotective agent.

Research Excerpts

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"This case is the first report of a patient who had phenobarbital (PB) withdrawal seizures after having been seizure-free for 3 years following temporal lobe surgery."7.75Phenobarbital withdrawal seizures may occur over several weeks before remitting: human data and hypothetical mechanism. ( Bidlack, JM; Morris, HH, 2009)
") were determined on anxiety induced in female NMRI mice by withdrawal from 21 days of chronic administration of chlordiazepoxide."7.71The new antiepileptic drug levetiracetam normalises chlordiazepoxide withdrawal-induced anxiety in mice. ( Gower, AJ; Klitgaard, H; Lamberty, Y, 2002)
"This case is the first report of a patient who had phenobarbital (PB) withdrawal seizures after having been seizure-free for 3 years following temporal lobe surgery."3.75Phenobarbital withdrawal seizures may occur over several weeks before remitting: human data and hypothetical mechanism. ( Bidlack, JM; Morris, HH, 2009)
") were determined on anxiety induced in female NMRI mice by withdrawal from 21 days of chronic administration of chlordiazepoxide."3.71The new antiepileptic drug levetiracetam normalises chlordiazepoxide withdrawal-induced anxiety in mice. ( Gower, AJ; Klitgaard, H; Lamberty, Y, 2002)
"Diazepam was added when symptom triggered as rescue medication."2.75Levetiracetam for the treatment of alcohol withdrawal syndrome: a multicenter, prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled trial. ( Heinz, A; Hinzpeter, A; Kienast, T; Plenge, T; Preuss, UW; Richter, C; Schaefer, M; Schmidt, F, 2010)
" After screening eligibility for outpatient detoxification, 9 alcohol-dependent patients received levetiracetam and tiapride in a flexible dosage regimen up to 2500 and 300 mg/d, respectively, for a maximum of 7 days."1.37A combination of levetiracetam and tiapride for outpatient alcohol detoxification: a case series. ( Banas, R; Förg, A; Heimann, HM; Hein, J; Heinz, A; Müller, CA; Schäfer, M; Volkmar, K, 2011)
"The findings of this study provide some evidence that levetiracetam is an efficacious and safe treatment option for outpatient alcohol detoxification."1.36Efficacy and safety of levetiracetam for outpatient alcohol detoxification. ( Förg, A; Heimann, HM; Hein, J; Heinz, A; Hinzpeter, A; Müller, CA; Schäfer, M; Schneider, S; Volkmar, K, 2010)
"He presented with severe myoclonus, which was resistant to conventional therapy and dramatically improved after administration of 12-18 gm/die piracetam."1.33Suppression of myoclonus in SCA2 by piracetam. ( Barbieri, F; de Falco, A; De Michele, G; De Rosa, A; Filla, A; Rinaldi, C; Striano, P; Striano, S; Tucci, T, 2006)
"Levetiracetam (LEV) is an interesting novel antiepileptic drug with proven efficacy in both animal models and patients with partial epilepsy."1.31Development of tolerance during chronic treatment of kindled rats with the novel antiepileptic drug levetiracetam. ( Hönack, D; Löscher, W, 2000)
"Finally it is suggested that insomnia and the loss of REM sleep may also contribute to the onset of the condition."1.27[Changes in the circadian rhythm of urinary cyclic adenosine monophosphate during the alcoholic withdrawal syndrome and related neurobiological correlations]. ( Cedaro, P; Di Piazza, V; Geatti, O; Lattuada, L; Marchetti, E; Nardoni, A, 1985)
"The enhanced seizure susceptibility after a single dose of ethanol was abolished by piracetam and MGO."1.27Influence of nootropic drugs on drinking behaviour in ethanol-preferring mice and ethanol-induced increase of seizure susceptibility. ( Andreas, K; Dienel, A; Schmidt, J, 1985)

Research

Studies (23)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-19909 (39.13)18.7374
1990's2 (8.70)18.2507
2000's5 (21.74)29.6817
2010's7 (30.43)24.3611
2020's0 (0.00)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
Sawagashira, R1
Narita, H1
Hashimoto, N1
Kurita, T1
Nakagawa, S1
Saitoh, T1
Kusumi, I1
Youland, KM1
Miller, RF1
Mahoney, LJ1
Borgert, AJ1
Gundrum, JD1
Bidlack, JM1
Morris, HH1
Azar, NJ1
Lagrange, AH1
Wang, L1
Song, Y1
Abou-Khalil, BW1
Müller, CA2
Schäfer, M2
Schneider, S1
Heimann, HM2
Hinzpeter, A3
Volkmar, K2
Förg, A2
Heinz, A4
Hein, J2
Richter, C2
Schmidt, F1
Kienast, T2
Preuss, UW1
Plenge, T1
Schaefer, M2
Zalewska-Kaszubska, J1
Bajer, B1
Czarnecka, E1
Dyr, W1
Gorska, D1
Banas, R1
De Rosa, A1
Striano, P1
Barbieri, F1
de Falco, A1
Rinaldi, C1
Tucci, T1
Striano, S1
Filla, A1
De Michele, G1
Krebs, M1
Leopold, K1
Serby, M1
Segarnick, DJ1
Cordasco, DM1
Rotrosen, J1
Entin, GM1
Zed, PJ1
Loewen, PS1
Robinson, G1
Brandão, F1
Ribeiro-da-Silva, A1
Cadete-Leite, A1
Löscher, W1
Hönack, D1
Lamberty, Y1
Gower, AJ1
Klitgaard, H1
Dencker, SJ1
Wilhelmson, G1
Carlsson, E1
Bereen, FJ1
Godard, JP1
Goerens, C1
Grelier, C1
Rosenstock, J1
Prack, G1
May, B1
Sluchevskiĭ, FI1
Tikhomirov, SM1
Bakharev, VD1
Nardoni, A1
Di Piazza, V1
Marchetti, E1
Geatti, O1
Cedaro, P1
Lattuada, L1
Tacconi, MT1
Wurtman, RJ1
Dienel, A1
Andreas, K1
Schmidt, J1

Clinical Trials (3)

Trial Overview

TrialPhaseEnrollmentStudy TypeStart DateStatus
Efficacy and Safety of Levetiracetam in the Inpatient Treatment of Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome [Sicherheit Und Wirksamkeit Von Levetiracetam (Keppra) für Die Behandlung Des stationären Alkoholentzugsyndroms][NCT00146471]Phase 3120 participants (Actual)Interventional2006-01-31Completed
Placebo-Controlled Crossover Trial of Levetiracetam on Ethanol Intake[NCT01168687]46 participants (Actual)Interventional2008-11-30Completed
Efficacy and Safety of Levetiracetam in Prevention of Alcohol Relapse in Recently Detoxified Alcohol Dependent Patients[NCT00758277]Phase 3201 participants (Actual)Interventional2007-05-31Completed
[information is prepared from clinicaltrials.gov, extracted Sep-2024]

Trial Outcomes

Standard Alcoholic Drinks Per Treatment Period

The primary outcome of this study is to determine the effect of levetiracetam on alcohol consumption as measured by change in # of drinks during each treatment period. (NCT01168687)
Timeframe: During each 14 day treatment period

Interventionnumber of drinks per treatment period (Mean)
All Subjects (n = 46) Placebo41.2
All Subjects (n = 46) Levetiracetam45.4

Reviews

1 review available for piracetam and Drug Withdrawal Symptoms

ArticleYear
Medication-induced headache: overview and systematic review of therapeutic approaches.
    The Annals of pharmacotherapy, 1999, Volume: 33, Issue:1

    Topics: Amitriptyline; Analgesics; Anti-Inflammatory Agents; Chronic Disease; Ergolines; Headache; Humans; M

1999

Trials

4 trials available for piracetam and Drug Withdrawal Symptoms

ArticleYear
Levetiracetam for the treatment of alcohol withdrawal syndrome: a multicenter, prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled trial.
    Journal of clinical psychopharmacology, 2010, Volume: 30, Issue:6

    Topics: Adult; Alcoholism; Anticonvulsants; Diazepam; Double-Blind Method; Female; Humans; Levetiracetam; Ma

2010
Levetiracetam for the treatment of alcohol withdrawal syndrome: an open-label pilot trial.
    Journal of clinical psychopharmacology, 2006, Volume: 26, Issue:3

    Topics: Adult; Alcoholism; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Female; Humans; Levetiracetam; Male; Middle Age

2006
Levetiracetam for the treatment of alcohol withdrawal syndrome: an open-label pilot trial.
    Journal of clinical psychopharmacology, 2006, Volume: 26, Issue:3

    Topics: Adult; Alcoholism; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Female; Humans; Levetiracetam; Male; Middle Age

2006
Levetiracetam for the treatment of alcohol withdrawal syndrome: an open-label pilot trial.
    Journal of clinical psychopharmacology, 2006, Volume: 26, Issue:3

    Topics: Adult; Alcoholism; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Female; Humans; Levetiracetam; Male; Middle Age

2006
Levetiracetam for the treatment of alcohol withdrawal syndrome: an open-label pilot trial.
    Journal of clinical psychopharmacology, 2006, Volume: 26, Issue:3

    Topics: Adult; Alcoholism; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Female; Humans; Levetiracetam; Male; Middle Age

2006
Levetiracetam for the treatment of alcohol withdrawal syndrome: an open-label pilot trial.
    Journal of clinical psychopharmacology, 2006, Volume: 26, Issue:3

    Topics: Adult; Alcoholism; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Female; Humans; Levetiracetam; Male; Middle Age

2006
Levetiracetam for the treatment of alcohol withdrawal syndrome: an open-label pilot trial.
    Journal of clinical psychopharmacology, 2006, Volume: 26, Issue:3

    Topics: Adult; Alcoholism; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Female; Humans; Levetiracetam; Male; Middle Age

2006
Levetiracetam for the treatment of alcohol withdrawal syndrome: an open-label pilot trial.
    Journal of clinical psychopharmacology, 2006, Volume: 26, Issue:3

    Topics: Adult; Alcoholism; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Female; Humans; Levetiracetam; Male; Middle Age

2006
Levetiracetam for the treatment of alcohol withdrawal syndrome: an open-label pilot trial.
    Journal of clinical psychopharmacology, 2006, Volume: 26, Issue:3

    Topics: Adult; Alcoholism; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Female; Humans; Levetiracetam; Male; Middle Age

2006
Levetiracetam for the treatment of alcohol withdrawal syndrome: an open-label pilot trial.
    Journal of clinical psychopharmacology, 2006, Volume: 26, Issue:3

    Topics: Adult; Alcoholism; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Female; Humans; Levetiracetam; Male; Middle Age

2006
Piracetam and chlormethiazole in acute alcohol withdrawal: a controlled clinical trial.
    The Journal of international medical research, 1978, Volume: 6, Issue:5

    Topics: Adult; Alcoholism; Chlormethiazole; Clinical Trials as Topic; Humans; Libido; Male; Middle Aged; Pir

1978
[Neuropeptides in the treatment of alcoholism and alcoholic psychoses].
    Zhurnal nevropatologii i psikhiatrii imeni S.S. Korsakova (Moscow, Russia : 1952), 1986, Volume: 86, Issue:2

    Topics: Administration, Intranasal; Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; Adult; Alcohol Amnestic Disorder; Alcoholis

1986

Other Studies

18 other studies available for piracetam and Drug Withdrawal Symptoms

ArticleYear
Transient lesions of the splenium of the corpus callosum following rapid withdrawal of levetiracetam.
    Epileptic disorders : international epilepsy journal with videotape, 2017, Sep-01, Volume: 19, Issue:3

    Topics: Adolescent; Anticonvulsants; Corpus Callosum; Female; Humans; Levetiracetam; Magnetic Resonance Imag

2017
Levetiracetam as adjunctive therapy for acute alcohol withdrawal syndrome in hospitalized patients.
    Journal of clinical psychopharmacology, 2014, Volume: 34, Issue:6

    Topics: Adult; Alcoholism; Anticonvulsants; Benzodiazepines; Cohort Studies; Drug Therapy, Combination; Fema

2014
Phenobarbital withdrawal seizures may occur over several weeks before remitting: human data and hypothetical mechanism.
    Seizure, 2009, Volume: 18, Issue:1

    Topics: Anticonvulsants; Data Collection; Female; Humans; Lamotrigine; Levetiracetam; Middle Aged; Phenobarb

2009
Transient improvement after brief antiepileptic drug withdrawal in the epilepsy monitoring unit--possible relationship to AED tolerance.
    Epilepsia, 2010, Volume: 51, Issue:5

    Topics: Adult; Anticonvulsants; Carbamazepine; Drug Administration Schedule; Drug Resistance; Drug Tolerance

2010
Efficacy and safety of levetiracetam for outpatient alcohol detoxification.
    Pharmacopsychiatry, 2010, Volume: 43, Issue:5

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Alcohol Drinking; Alcoholism; Ambulatory Care; Anticonvulsants; Female; Hum

2010
Voluntary alcohol consumption and plasma beta-endorphin levels in alcohol preferring rats chronically treated with levetiracetam: a preliminary study.
    Physiology & behavior, 2011, Mar-28, Volume: 102, Issue:5

    Topics: Alcohol Drinking; Alcoholism; Animals; Anticonvulsants; beta-Endorphin; Disease Models, Animal; Dose

2011
A combination of levetiracetam and tiapride for outpatient alcohol detoxification: a case series.
    Journal of addiction medicine, 2011, Volume: 5, Issue:2

    Topics: Adult; Aged; Alcoholism; Dopamine Antagonists; Drug Therapy, Combination; Female; Humans; Levetirace

2011
Suppression of myoclonus in SCA2 by piracetam.
    Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society, 2006, Volume: 21, Issue:1

    Topics: Adult; Ataxia; Ataxins; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Gait Ataxia; Humans; Infusions, Intravenou

2006
Piracetam reduces alcohol withdrawal in mice without potentiating alcohol sedative effects.
    Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research, 1982,Fall, Volume: 6, Issue:4

    Topics: Animals; Drug Synergism; Ethanol; Humans; Male; Mice; Mice, Inbred Strains; Piracetam; Pyrrolidinone

1982
[Use of piracetam (nootropil) on alcoholism patients under ambulatory control of withdrawal manifestations].
    Sovetskaia meditsina, 1981, Issue:5

    Topics: Adult; Alcoholism; Ambulatory Care; Drug Therapy, Combination; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Pi

1981
GM1 and piracetam do not revert the alcohol-induced depletion of cholinergic fibers in the hippocampal formation of the rat.
    Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.), 1999, Volume: 19, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Central Nervous System Depressants; Cholinergic Fibers; Ethanol; G(M1) Ganglioside; Hippoca

1999
Development of tolerance during chronic treatment of kindled rats with the novel antiepileptic drug levetiracetam.
    Epilepsia, 2000, Volume: 41, Issue:12

    Topics: Amygdala; Animals; Anticonvulsants; Disease Models, Animal; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Drug T

2000
The new antiepileptic drug levetiracetam normalises chlordiazepoxide withdrawal-induced anxiety in mice.
    European journal of pharmacology, 2002, Mar-29, Volume: 439, Issue:1-3

    Topics: Analysis of Variance; Animals; Anti-Anxiety Agents; Anticonvulsants; Anxiety; Chlordiazepoxide; Dose

2002
Usefulness of piracetam in intensive care.
    Acta anaesthesiologica Belgica, 1976, Volume: 27 suppl

    Topics: Alcoholism; Brain Diseases; Brain Injuries; Carbon Monoxide Poisoning; Cerebrovascular Disorders; Ch

1976
[Therapy of drug dependence in adolescents. Clinical aspects of somatic detoxification].
    Die Medizinische Welt, 1976, Dec-03, Volume: 27, Issue:49

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Doxepin; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Male; Methadone; Piracet

1976
[Changes in the circadian rhythm of urinary cyclic adenosine monophosphate during the alcoholic withdrawal syndrome and related neurobiological correlations].
    Minerva medica, 1985, Sep-15, Volume: 76, Issue:34-35

    Topics: Adult; Alcoholism; Circadian Rhythm; Clonidine; Cyclic AMP; Female; Humans; Piracetam; Sleep Initiat

1985
Piracetam: physiological disposition and mechanism of action.
    Advances in neurology, 1986, Volume: 43

    Topics: Absorption; Animals; Brain; Chromatography, Thin Layer; Ethanol; Humans; Kinetics; Learning; Piracet

1986
Influence of nootropic drugs on drinking behaviour in ethanol-preferring mice and ethanol-induced increase of seizure susceptibility.
    Biomedica biochimica acta, 1985, Volume: 44, Issue:5

    Topics: Alcohol Drinking; Alcoholism; Animals; Dihydroergotoxine; Ethanol; Male; Meglumine; Mice; Mice, Inbr

1985