Mylan Keppra Breakthrough Seizure Attorneys

Seizure Statistics

Seizures affect a large number of people every year in the United States. While medications such as Keppra and its generic counterparts are on the market to help curb the onset of seizures, the side effects that these medications bring with them are often difficult to deal with. Statistically speaking, people of all ages and walks of life are affected by seizures.

Annually, about 300,000 people experience their first ever convulsion, and about 40% of those people are younger than 18 years of age. Furthermore, up to one-third of those affected each year are younger than five years of age. Additionally:

• there are 200,000 new cases of epilepsy diagnosed each year
• of those 200,000 cases, 45,000 belong to children younger than 15 years of age
• half of all new cases of epilepsy each year will be classified by generalized onset seizures

According to reports, there are three million cases of active epilepsy in the United States. Active epilepsy is defined as being diagnosed with epilepsy, having had a seizure, or being prescribed and using anti-seizure medication within the past five years. More than:

• 325,000 children younger than 15 years of age are classified as having epilepsy
• 300,000 people age 65 and older have epilepsy
• 25% of children with mental retardation develop epilepsy
• 20% of stroke patients develop epilepsy
• 33% of people who suffer from an unprovoked seizure at some point in their lifetime will develop epilepsy

Those who suffer from epilepsy may experience recovery after medication is taken. In fact, 75% of those afflicted with epilepsy, and who don't suffer from a seizure for two to five years after being placed on a regiment of medication, can successfully stop taking medication for the affliction. Unfortunately, there are still many people who require medication for their entire lives, and it is for this reason that drug manufactures have a solemn obligation to produce medications that are safe and useful, not ineffective or life altering.

Contact Mylan Keppra Seizure Attorneys

If you have experienced severe side effects or breakthrough seizures after switching to Mylan generic Keppra, don't hesitate to contact the experienced breakthrough seizure lawsuit attorneys at Anapol Schwartz. For more information and a free consultation, call us today at (866) 735-2792.

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