Lamotrigine Treatment Report
Most Popular Brands: Lamictal, Lamictal Blue, Lamictal Orange (Show all)
Generic Name: Lamotrigine
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 taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Mood swings | 18 |
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2 | ||||
| Depression | 17 | 0 | |||||
| Other | 13 |
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3 | ||
| Seizures | 8 | 0 | |||||
| Pain | 5 |
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1 | ||||
| Support another treatment | 3 |
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1 |
See all 65 patients currently taking Lamotrigine
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Side Effects
Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Lamotrigine. See all 12 dosages ►
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Side effects too severe
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9 | 53% |
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Did not seem to work
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6 | 35% |
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Doctor's advice
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3 | 18% |
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Other
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3 | 18% |
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Expense
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1 | 6% |
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Personal research
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1 | 6% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
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Report created on November 22, 2009.