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What Causes Headache After An Accident?

hello doctor, I had met with an accident last year, luckily no major head injury but my doctor prescribed me torleva 500mg for 6months. After i stopped the tablet my head is aching sometimes not usually am feeling the pain inside? Shouldn t I stopped the tablet ? Or what might be the problem?
Fri, 26 Dec 2014
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Hello dear,
I can understand your concern.Your doctor probably started you on Torleva(Levetiracetam) 500 mg to prevent seizures occurrence which some patients may have after head injury.However,if it was a mild head injury-was not associated with a loss of consciousness and computerised tomographic(CT) scan of head was normal,there is almost no risk of a seizure.Before stopping it you must have consulted with your treating doctor.However,it is not related to headache and don't relate your headache temporally to stopping of Torleva.It's just a common fact that post traumatic headache is a very common entity.Drugs like 'amitriptyline' may help.Please consult your doctor regarding the therapy that best suits you.I hope it helps.
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What Causes Headache After An Accident?

Hello dear, I can understand your concern.Your doctor probably started you on Torleva(Levetiracetam) 500 mg to prevent seizures occurrence which some patients may have after head injury.However,if it was a mild head injury-was not associated with a loss of consciousness and computerised tomographic(CT) scan of head was normal,there is almost no risk of a seizure.Before stopping it you must have consulted with your treating doctor.However,it is not related to headache and don t relate your headache temporally to stopping of Torleva.It s just a common fact that post traumatic headache is a very common entity.Drugs like amitriptyline may help.Please consult your doctor regarding the therapy that best suits you.I hope it helps.