1. Conventional Seizure Medications For Dogs First, let’s review the antiepileptic drugs that your vet will commonly recommend. Your dog may already be taking one or more of these medications. Keppra (Levetiracetam) This is a newer anti-seizure medication for dogs, introduced over the last fe...
The vet will likely treat your dog with an anticonvulsant medication such as phenobarbital orleviteracitam (Keppra).3Once you start your dog on an anticonvulsant med, you must continue it for the rest of the dog's life. If it's discontinued, the dog is at greater risk for seizures. Spea...
schedule an appointment with your veterinarian to determine the cause and discuss treatment options. If your dog has a pre-existing seizure disorder, such as idiopathic epilepsy, then he or she may already be taking daily anticonvulsant medication; in this case, notify...
If that happens, Beau will have seizures even while on the anti-seizure med. We can increase the dose of Keppra then, and hope it prevents seizures for a while longer; the nice thing about Keppra, as opposed to phenobarbital or potassium bromide, is that it’s possible to give really hi...