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Levetiracetam vs placebo: Adverse effects: 5 most common adverse effects (any age) – accidental injury

Levetiracetam showed no clear difference in adverse effects: 5 most common adverse effects (any age) –… compared with placebo (low certainty).

What each review found

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Levetiracetam vs placebo
Adverse effects: 5 most common adverse effects (any age) – accidental injury · drug‐resistant focal epilepsy
Levetiracetam showed no clear difference in adverse effects: 5 most common adverse effects (any age) –… compared with placebo (low certainty).
Levetiracetam add‐on for drug‐resistant focal epilepsy (2020) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.72 [0.49, 1.06]13 studies · 2423 participantsLow

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The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Levetiracetam add‐on for drug‐resistant focal epilepsy
2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
Not reportedlist not extracted yetNot assessed

Studies behind the findings

None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.

How reviews are matched to this question

Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.