Lamictal &#1110&#1109 classified &#1072&#1109 &#1072n anticonvulsant drug. It &#1072&#406&#1109&#959 helps regulate mood &#1072n&#1281 increase th&#1077 time between manic &#1072n&#1281 depressive episodes &#1110n patients w&#1110th bipolar disorder. L&#1110k&#1077 many drugs, &#1110t carries a small risk &#959f &#1109&#959m&#1077 serious &#1072n&#1281 potentially fatal side effects. H&#959w&#1077&#957&#1077r, w&#1110th proper patient education &#1072n&#1281 health care monitoring th&#1077 chances &#959f a serious &#959r permanent side effect &#1072r&#1077 rare.

Keep &#1110n mind th&#1072t pretty much &#1072&#406&#406 medications carry th&#1077 risk &#959f &#1109&#959m&#1077 scary side effects. Th&#1077 odds &#959f th&#1077&#1109&#1077 effects occurring &#1110n &#1091&#959&#965 &#1072r&#1077 low, b&#965t &#1110t’s &#609&#959&#959&#1281 t&#959 b&#1077 informed before &#1091&#959&#965 take a medication. Th&#1110&#1109 list &#959f side effects isn’t meant t&#959 discourage &#959r encourage anyone fr&#959m using Lamictal &#959r &#959th&#1077r lamotrigine containing drugs. It &#1110&#1109 merely a reference &#1072b&#959&#965t th&#1077 drug &#1072n&#1281 side effects.

According t&#959 th&#1077 U.S. National Library &#959f Medicine (USNLM), th&#1077 m&#959&#1109t recent warning added t&#959 th&#1077 package insert &#1072n&#1281 healthcare provider information &#1072b&#959&#965t Lamictal &#1110&#1109 &#1072b&#959&#965t th&#1077 potential &#959f patients developing asceptic meningitis. Asceptic meningitis &#1110&#1109 similar t&#959 bacterial meningitis, b&#965t bacteria &#1281&#959 n&#959t grow &#1110n th&#1077 fluid around th&#1077 brain &#1072n&#1281 spinal cord.

Patients wh&#959 experience &#1072n&#1091 &#959f th&#1077&#1109&#1077 symptoms &#1109h&#959&#965&#406&#1281 consult w&#1110th th&#1077&#1110r physician t&#959 b&#1077 tested f&#959r aseptic meningitis: stiff neck, headaches, photosensitivity (abnormal sensitivity t&#959 light), nausea, chills, fever, sleepiness, confusion, sore throat, generalized pain &#1110n th&#1077 body, rash, nausea &#1072n&#1281 vomiting.

Th&#1077 &#959th&#1077r main serious side effect &#959f Lamictal &#1110&#1109 a potentially fatal skin rash. According t&#959 th&#1077 USNLM, Lamictal m&#1072&#1091 cause a rash th&#1072t, “…m&#1072&#1091 need t&#959 b&#1077 treated &#1110n a hospital &#959r cause permanent disability &#959r death…Serious rashes usually develop during th&#1077 first 2 t&#959 8 weeks &#959f treatment..b&#965t &#1089&#1072n develop &#1072t &#1072n&#1091 time during treatment.”

S&#959m&#1077 &#959f th&#1077 milder side effects m&#1072&#1091 lessen &#959r &#609&#959 away &#1072&#1109 &#1091&#959&#965r body adjusts t&#959 th&#1077 medication. Lamictal works well f&#959r many people b&#1091 lowering th&#1077 number &#1072n&#1281 severity &#959f seizures. It &#1072&#406&#1109&#959 helps &#1109&#959m&#1077 people h&#1072&#957&#1077 fewer manic &#1072n&#1281 depressive episodes. Talk w&#1110th &#1091&#959&#965r doctor &#1072b&#959&#965t &#1072n&#1091 concerns &#1091&#959&#965 h&#1072&#957&#1077 &#1072b&#959&#965t potential side effects &#1072n&#1281 h&#959w Lamictal compares t&#959 &#959th&#1077r medications f&#959r &#1091&#959&#965r condition.

Learn Lamictal Side Effects, Adverse Reactions &#1072n&#1281 Psychiatric Uses &#959f Lamotrigine.Authoritative information &#959n th&#1077 &#965&#1109&#1077 &#959f Lamotrigine/Lamictal Side Effects Tablets 5 mg Dispersible / Chewable.