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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.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Epilepsy 749 233 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Bipolar Disorder 585 200 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Treat my mood condition(s) 329 108 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Bipolar II Disorder 251 43 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Bipolar I Disorder 178 38 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Depressed mood 113 41 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 2183 patients currently taking Lamotrigine

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 88
Moderate
 161
Mild
 247
None
 260

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Lamotrigine

Dizziness 56
Headaches 51
Problems concentrating 44
Insomnia 40
Sleepiness 33
Weight gain 29
See all 338 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Lamotrigine. See all 74 dosages ►

  daily 25 mg daily 50 mg daily 100 mg daily 150 mg daily 200 mg daily 300 mg daily 400 mg daily 500 mg daily 600 mg daily
  136 Number of Patients: 136 168 Number of Patients: 168 108 Number of Patients: 108 342 Number of Patients: 342 149 Number of Patients: 149 525 Number of Patients: 525 251 Number of Patients: 251 265 Number of Patients: 265 49 Number of Patients: 49 96 Number of Patients: 96  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Lamotrigine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 208   Side effects too severe: 40%
Did not seem to work 178   Did not seem to work: 34%
Doctor's advice 130   Doctor's advice: 25%
Other 106   Other: 20%
Expense 36   Expense: 7%
Personal research 29   Personal research: 6%
Course of treatment ended 21   Course of treatment ended: 4%
Change in health plan coverage 18   Change in health plan coverage: 3%
Not indicated 11   Not indicated: 2%

See all 488 patients who’ve stopped taking Lamotrigine

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Lamotrigine

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

Stopped Taking Lamotrigine

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

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Lamotrigine

Always
 624 83%
Usually
 98 13%
Sometimes
 19 3%
Never
 15 2%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Lamotrigine

Very
 30 4%
Somewhat
 79 10%
A little
 139 18%
Not at all
 508 67%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Lamotrigine

$200+
 18 4%
$100-199
 26 5%
$50-99
 32 7%
$25-49
 63 13%
< $25
 333 70%

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Report created on May 28, 2012.