Lamictal (lamotrigine) Treatment Report
Generic Name: Lamotrigine
What is Lamictal?
Lamictal is a brand name for the drug Lamotrigine, an anticonvulsant and mood stablizer used to treat seizures alone or in combination with other antiepileptic agents. It is used for bipolar disorder and may also have some antidepressant properties.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Treat my mood condition(s) | 205 |
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40 | |
| Bipolar Disorder | 144 |
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46 |
| Depression | 23 |
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8 |
| Other | 19 |
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6 | ||
| Bipolar, rapid cycling | 15 |
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4 | ||
| Support another treatment | 7 |
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3 |
See all 359 patients currently taking Lamictal
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Side Effects
Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Lamictal. See all 23 dosages ►
| 2 100mg as needed | daily | 12.5 mg daily | 20 mg daily | 25 mg daily | 35 mg daily | 50 mg daily | 75 mg daily | 100 mg daily | 125 mg daily | 150 mg daily | 175 mg daily | 200 mg daily | 225 mg daily | 250 mg daily | 300 mg daily | 350 mg daily | 375 mg daily | 400 mg daily | 450 mg daily | 500 mg daily | 600 mg daily | 750 mg daily | ||
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5
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28
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1
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25
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6
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62
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5
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42
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1
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92
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2
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6
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38
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3
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1
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33
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1
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1
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Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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Side effects too severe
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26 | 39% |
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Did not seem to work
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21 | 32% |
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Doctor's advice
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20 | 30% |
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Other
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13 | 20% |
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Expense
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7 | 11% |
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Personal research
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4 | 6% |
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Course of treatment ended
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3 | 5% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
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Patient Evaluations
See all 95 patient evaluations
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- fragiletruth
- Sex: F
- Depression: 0
- Emotional: 0
- Compulsion: 0
- Anxiety: 0
- Mania: 2
- Physical: 0
- External Stress: Low
- 24 F
- Function: High
- Distress: Low
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- fragiletruth
- 100 mg daily
- since Sep 18, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for Treat my mood condition(s)
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Side Effects
Mild
- Advice/Tips Keep your dosage as low as possible. - 200mg is about where it stops being more helpful for depression. I had very vivid dreams, which had included mild hal... See full evaluation
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- b3ck
- Sex: F
- Depression: 1
- Emotional: 2
- Compulsion: 2
- Anxiety: 3
- Mania: 4
- Physical: 2
- External Stress: Overwhelming
- 30 F
- Function: High
- Distress: Moderate
- See profile
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- b3ck
- 50 mg daily
- since Aug 19, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for Treat my mood condition(s)
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Side Effects
Mild
- Advice/Tips Always, always, always take it exactly as prescribed, it has to build up in your system, so intermittent dosages don't seem to me to be effective. See full evaluation
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- onsatu
- Sex: F
- Depression: 1
- Emotional: 2
- Compulsion: 1
- Anxiety: 2
- Mania: 1
- Physical: 2
- External Stress: Severe
- 30 F
- Function: Moderate
- Distress: Low
- See profile
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- onsatu
- 150 mg daily
- since Jun 09, 2008
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Efficacy
Can't tell
for Treat my mood condition(s)
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Side Effects
Moderate
- Advice/Tips Just because some people have adverse or unexpected side effects doesn't mean you shouldn't try a new medication. It is also nice to have a support system a... See full evaluation
See all 95 patient evaluations
Report created on November 23, 2009.