People with poor kidney function usually need to take less Vimpat and may take it less often, because it stays in their body longer. Vimpat (lacosamide) is generally used as add-on (adjunctive) therapy for partial seizures in individuals age 17 years and older whose seizures are not well controlled by other medications.
Do you have an enlarged thyroid? If your doctor has diagnosed you as having thyroid nodules, a thyroid lump, or an enlargement of the thyroidâknown as goiterâyou'll want to learn more about the signs, symptoms, tests, and treatments for these thyroid conditions.
1 A goiter (enlarged thyroid gland) can be caused by eating both too little or too much iodine. 2  The symptoms of either can also be the same: hypothyroidism, in which metabolism slows and weight and cholesterol increases; or hyperthyroidism where metabolism increases resulting in weight loss.