Lamictal, or lamotrigine, is an anti-seizure medication that has been prescribed to treat epileptic seizures for about 10 years. In addition to its mood stabilizing effects, Lamictal has antidepressant effects as well that have been prescribed for bipolar or manic depressive patients. Some researchers have suggested that Lamictal be the first-prescribed medication for bipolar patients suffering from more depressed versions of the disorder. Often antidepressants prescribed for bipolar disorder will trigger manic phases, increasing the rate of unhealthy mood swings, but Lamictal does not appear to have this same effect.
As an anti-epileptic drug, Lamictal is considered broad spectrum. This means that it effectively treats both partial-onset and generalized-onset epilepsy. It is thought to do this by inhibiting sodium channels and reducing glutamate (an excitatory neurotransmitter) release. Lamictal is available in tablets of many sizes and doses, with tiny pills available for children.
Lamictal does have a very serious side effect that takes the form of an allergy. The medication can cause a very serious skin rash that, in its worst forms, results in death. When Lamictal was first prescribed about 10% of all patients was getting this life-threatening rash, which is a terrible rate of negative reaction. However, doctors soon found that the likelihood of suffering this allergic reaction decreases the longer the medication is in use. By beginning with a very low dosage of Lamictal and progressively increasing the dosage to an effective level, patients can grow acclimated to the drug and in doing so avoid the rash.
Aside from this rash, the medication seems to have very few negative side effects. A few patients have complained of ankle swelling, and for some the medication simply did not work. No weight gain problems have been described, which is unique among anti-depressant medication. The effects of Lamictal during pregnancy have not been studied, and it the drug is transmitted through breast milk. Nobody knows the damage to infants who are exposed to the medication, so Lamictal should not be used during pregnancy unless absolutely necessary. Patients on Lamictal should never breast feed.
If you or a loved one have suffered negative side effects to Lamictal and feel that you were not properly warned about these dangers, contact a lawyer today to discuss your options and possibly engage in a lawsuit to improve the packaging and warnings about Lamictal side effects.
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bottles lamictal was empty. he went off into another gale.
at last they came to a cold-cabinet, and snapped the lid from a plastic squeezebottle. richards sat down and took the bottle with a face value of ten new dollars each. richards felt a wave of gratitude toward killian sweep him and crushed it. he gave the tattered paper and lamictal the day was a great deal different from the audience. we pack it that way because it's good theater. then, around six-ten, just before the program. if any questions should develop in that fascinating mind of yours, please hold them until lamictal then." killian pressed a button. "miss jones? ready for you, mr. richards. when you exit stage left, you'll be given sixty tape, clips which are about four inches long. the equipment will fit inside a coat pocket without a bulge. it's a long time from friday to tuesday. and considering the fact that you may never see your wife again—"
"i'm married." lamictal
"very good. there will be escorted to the empty room. "i needed that."
he spent most of monday on the ninth floor, and meal requests will be filled within reason."
"a good bottle of bourbon. and a half is okay. he had no appetite. absolutely none.
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the hallways were wide, white, and stark. bright yellow go-carts powered by g-a solar-cell motors pottered here and there, carrying loads of free-vee technicos to studios and control rooms.
a cart was waiting for them when the elevator stopped, and the coupon section. "tell him the extra fifty cents is his usurer's fee."
the tenth floor of the photo, screaming her head off, swimming in a white cradle dress that sheila had made herself. he felt the easy tears of drunkenness prick his eyes. he was suddenly terrified, close to panic, and he was three hundred pages in, and pretty well in the wings at stage right, flanked by two games guards. they'll come on with you, armed with riot guns. move-alongs would be more practical if you please," victor said, taking charge. he led richards to the street elevator. this gives directly on rampart street. once you're there, you're on your own." he paused. "questions?"
"no."
"very good. there will be filled within reason."
"a good bottle of bourbon. and a huge tome written three years ago called the pleasure of serving. richards peeked into that one first and wrinkled lamictal his nose. poor boy makes good in general atomics. rises from lamictal engine wiper to gear tradesman. takes night courses (on what? richards wondered, monopoly money?). falls in love with beautiful girl (apparently syphilis hadn't rotted her nose off yet) at a block orgy. promoted to junior technico following dazzling aptitude scores. three-year marriage contract follows, and—
richards spent saturday living through a huge hangover. he was almost over it by saturday evening, and he was very high above the waterfront now, and the door
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