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piracetam and Headache

piracetam has been researched along with Headache in 21 studies

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

Headache: The symptom of PAIN in the cranial region. It may be an isolated benign occurrence or manifestation of a wide variety of HEADACHE DISORDERS.

Research Excerpts

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"To prospectively assess the safety and efficacy of levetiracetam in patients with uncontrolled focal epilepsy, in a common practice-based setting."9.12Levetiracetam in a broad population of patients with refractory epilepsy: interim results of the international SKATE trial. ( Despland, PA; Fejerman, N; Genton, P; Maubrey, MC; Peltola, J; Rektor, I; Sadzot, B; Schlit, AF; Steinhoff, B; van Hammée, G; van Paesschen, W; Vandervelden, C; Wroe, S, 2006)
"The effect of piracetam, a cyclical derivative of GABA, was compared with that of a placebo in a double-blind study of 60 patients with post-concussional syndrome of 2-12 months' duration."9.04Piracetam in the treatment of post-concussional syndrome. A double-blind study. ( Hakamies, L; Hakkarainen, H, 1978)
" In Phase II/III trials, the adverse effects occurring more commonly in the treatment groups versus the placebo group were; somnolence (14."6.42Levetiracetam safety profiles and tolerability in epilepsy patients. ( Briggs, DE; French, JA, 2004)
"To prospectively assess the safety and efficacy of levetiracetam in patients with uncontrolled focal epilepsy, in a common practice-based setting."5.12Levetiracetam in a broad population of patients with refractory epilepsy: interim results of the international SKATE trial. ( Despland, PA; Fejerman, N; Genton, P; Maubrey, MC; Peltola, J; Rektor, I; Sadzot, B; Schlit, AF; Steinhoff, B; van Hammée, G; van Paesschen, W; Vandervelden, C; Wroe, S, 2006)
"The effect of piracetam, a cyclical derivative of GABA, was compared with that of a placebo in a double-blind study of 60 patients with post-concussional syndrome of 2-12 months' duration."5.04Piracetam in the treatment of post-concussional syndrome. A double-blind study. ( Hakamies, L; Hakkarainen, H, 1978)
"Levetiracetam is a novel antiepileptic drug which has shown strong anti-kindling activity in animal models of epilepsy."2.73Levetiracetam for treatment of premenstrual dysphoric disorder: a pilot, open-label study. ( Halbreich, U; Kayatekin, ZE; Sabo, AN, 2008)
" Adverse events were reported in 34 (72."2.72Efficacy and safety of levetiracetam (up to 2000 mg/day) in Taiwanese patients with refractory partial seizures: a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. ( Chen, SS; Edrich, P; Hiersemenzel, R; Hsih, MS; Lai, CW; Tsai, JJ; Yen, DJ, 2006)
" Adverse events reported after IV administration of LEV (2.72Levetiracetam intravenous infusion: a randomized, placebo-controlled safety and pharmacokinetic study. ( Daoust, A; Lu, ZS; Otoul, C; Ramael, S; Stockis, A; Toublanc, N; Troenaru, M, 2006)
" Further work should be carried out with larger sample sizes and optimal dosing strategies of the drug."2.71Levetiracetam in social phobia: a placebo controlled pilot study. ( Connor, KM; Davidson, JR; Zhang, W, 2005)
" The most commonly reported adverse events were headache, infection, anorexia, and somnolence."2.70Efficacy and safety of levetiracetam in children with partial seizures: an open-label trial. ( Bebin, EM; Fountain, NB; Glauser, TA; Jensen, CM; Pellock, JM; Ritter, FJ; Shields, WD, 2002)
"Pediatric migraine can cause a significant impact on quality of life."2.45[Antiepileptic drugs for the prevention of pediatric migraine]. ( Cuvellier, JC, 2009)
" In Phase II/III trials, the adverse effects occurring more commonly in the treatment groups versus the placebo group were; somnolence (14."2.42Levetiracetam safety profiles and tolerability in epilepsy patients. ( Briggs, DE; French, JA, 2004)
"When lamotrigine was restarted 2 weeks later she developed similar but more severe symptoms which resolved on stopping lamotrigine."1.35Anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome presenting as aseptic meningitis. ( Bazaz, R; Lily, O; Maniyar, F; Rooney, C, 2009)

Research

Studies (21)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-19902 (9.52)18.7374
1990's2 (9.52)18.2507
2000's11 (52.38)29.6817
2010's6 (28.57)24.3611
2020's0 (0.00)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
McNally, MA1
Kossoff, EH1
McKee, KE1
Etherton, MR1
Lovitch, SB1
Gupta, AS1
Micalizzi, DS1
Tierney, T1
Wadleigh, M1
Vaitkevicus, H1
Halbert, RK1
Maniyar, F1
Rooney, C1
Lily, O1
Bazaz, R1
Cuvellier, JC1
Zakharov, VV1
Kang, SY1
Han, YM1
Choi, K1
Hwang, SH1
Bhandari, HS1
Briggs, DE1
French, JA1
Frediani, F1
Zhang, W1
Connor, KM1
Davidson, JR1
Tsai, JJ1
Yen, DJ1
Hsih, MS1
Chen, SS1
Hiersemenzel, R1
Edrich, P1
Lai, CW1
Genton, P1
Sadzot, B1
Fejerman, N1
Peltola, J1
Despland, PA1
Steinhoff, B1
Rektor, I1
Wroe, S1
Maubrey, MC1
Vandervelden, C1
van Hammée, G1
Schlit, AF1
van Paesschen, W1
Ramael, S1
Daoust, A1
Otoul, C1
Toublanc, N1
Troenaru, M1
Lu, ZS1
Stockis, A2
Baulac, M1
Brodie, MJ1
Elger, CE1
Krakow, K1
Meyvisch, P1
Falter, U1
Kayatekin, ZE1
Sabo, AN1
Halbreich, U1
Garaizar, C1
Prats, JM1
Zuazo, E1
Zed, PJ1
Loewen, PS1
Robinson, G1
Glauser, TA1
Pellock, JM1
Bebin, EM1
Fountain, NB1
Ritter, FJ1
Jensen, CM1
Shields, WD1
Hakkarainen, H1
Hakamies, L1
Bäker, BA1

Clinical Trials (5)

Trial Overview

TrialPhaseEnrollmentStudy TypeStart DateStatus
Trial Studying the Safety and Efficacy of Keppra® as Adjunctive Therapy in Adult Patients With Uncontrolled Partial Epilepsy[NCT00630968]Phase 41,541 participants (Actual)Interventional2000-08-31Completed
The BrainDrugs-Epilepsy Study: A Prospective Open-label Cohort Precision Medicine Study in Epilepsy[NCT05450822]550 participants (Anticipated)Observational2022-02-18Recruiting
Intravenous Levetiracetam as First-line Anticonvulsive Treatment in Patients With Non-convulsive Status Epilepticus[NCT00603135]Phase 20 participants (Actual)Interventional2008-01-31Withdrawn
A Pharmacokinetic Analysis of Levetiracetam Prophylaxis in Critically Ill Patients With Severe Traumatic Brain Injury[NCT04836481]20 participants (Anticipated)Observational2021-01-01Recruiting
Trial Evaluating the Safety and Tolerability of Levetiracetam Intravenous 15-minute Infusion, Administered in b.i.d. Regimen as an Adjunctive Antiepileptic Treatment in Subjects From 16 to 65 Years Suffering From Partial Onset Seizures[NCT00610454]Phase 225 participants (Actual)Interventional2004-06-30Completed
[information is prepared from clinicaltrials.gov, extracted Sep-2024]

Reviews

5 reviews available for piracetam and Headache

ArticleYear
[Antiepileptic drugs for the prevention of pediatric migraine].
    Revue neurologique, 2009, Volume: 165, Issue:12

    Topics: Adolescent; Amines; Anticonvulsants; Child; Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids; Drug Tolerance; Fructose; G

2009
Presentation of opsoclonus myoclonus ataxia syndrome with glutamic acid decarboxylase antibodies.
    BMJ case reports, 2012, Aug-08, Volume: 2012

    Topics: Adult; Anticonvulsants; Anxiety; Ataxia; Autoantibodies; Diagnosis, Differential; Earache; Female; F

2012
Levetiracetam safety profiles and tolerability in epilepsy patients.
    Expert opinion on drug safety, 2004, Volume: 3, Issue:5

    Topics: Abnormalities, Drug-Induced; Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Animals; Anticonvulsants; Astheni

2004
Anticonvulsant drugs in primary headaches prophylaxis.
    Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology, 2004, Volume: 25 Suppl 3

    Topics: Amines; Anticonvulsants; Carbamazepine; Clinical Trials as Topic; Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids; Fruct

2004
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

9 trials available for piracetam and Headache

ArticleYear
Levetiracetam in social phobia: a placebo controlled pilot study.
    Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England), 2005, Volume: 19, Issue:5

    Topics: Adult; Anticonvulsants; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Double-Blind Method; Female; Headache; Hum

2005
Efficacy and safety of levetiracetam (up to 2000 mg/day) in Taiwanese patients with refractory partial seizures: a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.
    Epilepsia, 2006, Volume: 47, Issue:1

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Anticonvulsants; Asian People; Cross-Over Studies; Dizziness; Double-Blind Method

2006
Levetiracetam in a broad population of patients with refractory epilepsy: interim results of the international SKATE trial.
    Acta neurologica Scandinavica, 2006, Volume: 113, Issue:6

    Topics: Adult; Anticonvulsants; Disorders of Excessive Somnolence; Dizziness; Dose-Response Relationship, Dr

2006
Levetiracetam intravenous infusion: a randomized, placebo-controlled safety and pharmacokinetic study.
    Epilepsia, 2006, Volume: 47, Issue:7

    Topics: Administration, Oral; Adult; Anticonvulsants; Area Under Curve; Blood Pressure; Disorders of Excessi

2006
Levetiracetam intravenous infusion: a randomized, placebo-controlled safety and pharmacokinetic study.
    Epilepsia, 2006, Volume: 47, Issue:7

    Topics: Administration, Oral; Adult; Anticonvulsants; Area Under Curve; Blood Pressure; Disorders of Excessi

2006
Levetiracetam intravenous infusion: a randomized, placebo-controlled safety and pharmacokinetic study.
    Epilepsia, 2006, Volume: 47, Issue:7

    Topics: Administration, Oral; Adult; Anticonvulsants; Area Under Curve; Blood Pressure; Disorders of Excessi

2006
Levetiracetam intravenous infusion: a randomized, placebo-controlled safety and pharmacokinetic study.
    Epilepsia, 2006, Volume: 47, Issue:7

    Topics: Administration, Oral; Adult; Anticonvulsants; Area Under Curve; Blood Pressure; Disorders of Excessi

2006
Levetiracetam intravenous infusion: a randomized, placebo-controlled safety and pharmacokinetic study.
    Epilepsia, 2006, Volume: 47, Issue:7

    Topics: Administration, Oral; Adult; Anticonvulsants; Area Under Curve; Blood Pressure; Disorders of Excessi

2006
Levetiracetam intravenous infusion: a randomized, placebo-controlled safety and pharmacokinetic study.
    Epilepsia, 2006, Volume: 47, Issue:7

    Topics: Administration, Oral; Adult; Anticonvulsants; Area Under Curve; Blood Pressure; Disorders of Excessi

2006
Levetiracetam intravenous infusion: a randomized, placebo-controlled safety and pharmacokinetic study.
    Epilepsia, 2006, Volume: 47, Issue:7

    Topics: Administration, Oral; Adult; Anticonvulsants; Area Under Curve; Blood Pressure; Disorders of Excessi

2006
Levetiracetam intravenous infusion: a randomized, placebo-controlled safety and pharmacokinetic study.
    Epilepsia, 2006, Volume: 47, Issue:7

    Topics: Administration, Oral; Adult; Anticonvulsants; Area Under Curve; Blood Pressure; Disorders of Excessi

2006
Levetiracetam intravenous infusion: a randomized, placebo-controlled safety and pharmacokinetic study.
    Epilepsia, 2006, Volume: 47, Issue:7

    Topics: Administration, Oral; Adult; Anticonvulsants; Area Under Curve; Blood Pressure; Disorders of Excessi

2006
Levetiracetam intravenous infusion as an alternative to oral dosing in patients with partial-onset seizures.
    Epilepsia, 2007, Volume: 48, Issue:3

    Topics: Administration, Oral; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Anticonvulsants; Drug Administration Schedule; Drug T

2007
Levetiracetam for treatment of premenstrual dysphoric disorder: a pilot, open-label study.
    Archives of women's mental health, 2008, Volume: 11, Issue:3

    Topics: Adult; Anticonvulsants; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Drug Administration Schedule; Female; Foll

2008
[Response to prophylactic treatment of benign headache in children].
    Revista de neurologia, 1998, Volume: 26, Issue:151

    Topics: Calcium Channel Blockers; Child; Female; Flunarizine; Headache; Humans; Male; Nootropic Agents; Pira

1998
Efficacy and safety of levetiracetam in children with partial seizures: an open-label trial.
    Epilepsia, 2002, Volume: 43, Issue:5

    Topics: Age Factors; Age of Onset; Anorexia; Anticonvulsants; Child; Drug Administration Schedule; Drug Ther

2002
Piracetam in the treatment of post-concussional syndrome. A double-blind study.
    European neurology, 1978, Volume: 17, Issue:1

    Topics: Brain Concussion; Clinical Trials as Topic; Double-Blind Method; Drug Evaluation; Fatigue; Headache;

1978

Other Studies

7 other studies available for piracetam and Headache

ArticleYear
Incidental rolandic spikes: long-term outcomes and impact of treatment.
    Epilepsy & behavior : E&B, 2015, Volume: 43

    Topics: Anticonvulsants; Child; Child, Preschool; Electroencephalography; Epilepsy, Rolandic; Female; Follow

2015
A Man in His 40s With Headache, Lethargy, and Altered Mental Status.
    JAMA neurology, 2015, Volume: 72, Issue:9

    Topics: Adult; Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal; Craniotomy; Dexamethasone; DNA Nucleotidylexotransferase; He

2015
Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis: A Case Study.
    The Journal of neuroscience nursing : journal of the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses, 2016, Volume: 48, Issue:5

    Topics: Adult; Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis; Anticonvulsants; Cyclophosphamide; Fatal Out

2016
Anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome presenting as aseptic meningitis.
    Journal of neurology, 2009, Volume: 256, Issue:7

    Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Anticonvulsants; Drug Administration Schedule; Drug-Related Side Effects and

2009
[Vinpotropil in the treatment of dyscirculatory encephalopathy with cognitive impairment without dementia].
    Zhurnal nevrologii i psikhiatrii imeni S.S. Korsakova, 2010, Volume: 110, Issue:11 Pt 1

    Topics: Adult; Aged; Cognition Disorders; Dementia, Vascular; Dizziness; Drug Administration Schedule; Drug

2010
Neurological picture. Transient high-intensity signal of heterotopia on DWI in an epilepsy patient.
    Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry, 2012, Volume: 83, Issue:10

    Topics: Anticonvulsants; Brain; Carbamazepine; Choristoma; Consciousness Disorders; Diagnosis, Differential;

2012
[Migraine and headache in children].
    Die Medizinische Welt, 1977, Nov-25, Volume: 28, Issue:47

    Topics: Child; Headache; Humans; Male; Manipulation, Orthopedic; Migraine Disorders; Piracetam

1977