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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 Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Depression 5 1
Other 2 0
Seizures (partial/focal) 1 0
Treat Bipolar Disorder 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
1 100%

Dosages

  25 mg daily 75 mg daily 150 mg daily 200 mg daily 400 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Lamotrigine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work
2 67% Did not seem to work: 67%
Doctor's advice
1 33% Doctor's advice: 33%
Side effects too severe
1 33% Side effects too severe: 33%

See all 3 patients who’ve stopped taking Lamotrigine

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
1
0
2

Stopped Taking Lamotrigine

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
1 100%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
1 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
1 100%

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Report created on November 21, 2009.