Itching
muscle cramps, pain, or weakness
Preventing rashes on
Common side effects of lamotrigine include dizziness, visual disturbances, ataxia, nausea or vomiting and non-serious rash
Lamotrigine may cause blurred vision, double vision, clumsiness, unsteadiness, dizziness, or drowsiness
From our series of 254 prospectively registered adult patients treated with LTG at a dosage of 25-100 mg/ day, the incidence of allergic and non-allergic skin reactions was 5
Also, it is said that it is within the first few weeks of taking this medicine itself that Lamictal rashes that occur between 5 days to 8 weeks of initiating treatment may lead to serious consequences
There are two ways to prevent serious rashes on lamotrigine: titrate slowly and stop the medicine if there is any significant skin eruption within the first 2 months of treatment
Using non-adhesive dressings on the affected skin
1 The incidence is higher in children (1%) than in adults, and can range from simple rash to the more serious Steven Johnson and hypersensitivity syndromes
At first I thought it may be a fungus, or bug bites, but I've put on those meds and it doesn't seem to help
1-3 The development of rash significantly affects the use of this drug, as almost 10% of seizure patients treated with lamotrigine develop some form of rash
Boxed Warning
Rashes associated with lamotrigine and their characteristics A rash that occurs between five days and eight weeks of taking lamotrigine is probably lamotrigine related
Some people also develop a fever
Some specialist believe that it is caused by administering too high of a dose when beginning the treatment
1 The incidence is higher in children (1%) than in adults, and can range from simple rash to the more serious Steven Johnson and hypersensitivity syndromes
Lamotrigine may cause a serious skin rash that may cause you to be hospitalized or even cause death