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What is Lamotrigine?

Lamotrigine is an anticonvulsant that is used alone or in combination with other medications to treat seizures in adults and children who are at least 2 years old. Lamotrigine is also used as maintenance treatment for bipolar I disorder.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken
# of patients Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell 		# of patients evaluated by
Other 5 0
Bipolar Disorder 4 3
Epilepsy 2 1
Depression 2 0
Support another treatment 1 0

See all 11 patients currently taking Lamotrigine

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
3 100%

Dosages

  daily 25 mg daily 50 mg daily 100 mg daily 200 mg daily 400 mg daily 750 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Lamotrigine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended
1 100% Course of treatment ended: 100%

See all 1 patient who’ve stopped taking Lamotrigine

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Lamotrigine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0

Stopped Taking Lamotrigine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0
0

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
2 67%
Usually
1 33%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
1 33%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
2 67%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
2 67%

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Report created on March 22, 2010.