Product Description:

• Antiepileptic medicines

How to use:

• Lazure is used in adults, adolescents and children aged 4 years and older.
• It is used to treat a certain type of epilepsy called “partial-onset seizure with or without secondary generalisation”.
• In this type of epilepsy, fits first affect only one side of your brain. However, these may then spread to larger areas on both sides of your brain.
• Lazure may be used on its own or with other antiepileptic medicines.

Caution & Warnings:

Talk to your doctor before taking Lazure if:

• you have thoughts of harming or killing yourself. A small number of people being treated with antiepileptic medicinal products such as lacosamide have had thoughts of harming or killing themselves. If you have any of these thoughts at any time, tell your doctor straight away.
• you have a heart problem that affects the beat of your heart and you often have a particulary slow, fast or irregular heart beat (such as AV block, atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter).
• you have severe heart disease such as heart failure or have had a heart attack.
• you are often dizzy or fall over. Lazure may make you dizzy this could increase the risk of accidental injury or a fall. This means that you should take care until you are used to the effects of this medicine.
• If any of the above apply to you (or you are not sure), talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking Lazure.

Children under 4 years

• Lazure is not recommended for children aged under 4 years.
• This is because we do not yet know whether it will work and whether it is safe for children in this age group.

Other medicines and Lazure

Talk to your doctor before taking Lazure if:

• you have thoughts of harming or killing yourself. A small number of people being treated with antiepileptic medicinal products such as lacosamide have had thoughts of harming or killing themselves. If you have any of these thoughts at any time, tell your doctor straight away.
• you have a heart problem that affects the beat of your heart and you often have a particulary slow, fast or irregular heart beat (such as AV block, atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter).
• you have severe heart disease such as heart failure or have had a heart attack.
• you are often dizzy or fall over. Lazure may make you dizzy this could increase the risk of accidental injury or a fall. This means that you should take care until you are used to the effects of this medicine.
• If any of the above apply to you (or you are not sure), talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking Lazure.

Pregnancy and breast-feeding

• If you are pregnant or breast-feeding, think you may be pregnant or planning to have a baby, ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before taking this medicine.
• It is not recommended to take Lazure if you are pregnant or breast-feeding, as the effects of Lazure on pregnancy and the unborn baby or the new-born child are not known. Also, it is not known whether Lazure passes into breast milk. Seek advice immediately from your doctor if you get pregnant or are planning to become pregnant.
• They will help you decide if you should take Lazure or not.
• Do not stop treatment without talking to your doctor first as this could increase your fits (seizures). A worsening of your disease can also harm your baby.

Driving and using machines

• Do not drive, cycle or use any tools or machines until you know how this medicine affects you. This is because Lazure may make you feel dizzy or cause blurred vision.

Ingredients:

• Lazure 50 mg: Each film coated tablet contains 50 mg of Lacosamide