Lamotrigine and its applications in the treatment of epilepsy and other neurological and psychiatric disorders
Malik S, Arif H, Hirsch LJ. Lamotrigine and its applications in the treatment of epilepsy and other neurological and psychiatric disorders. Expert Review Of Neurotherapeutics 2006, 6: 1609-1627. PMID: 17144777, DOI: 10.1586/14737175.6.11.1609.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBroad-spectrum antiepileptic drugBipolar disorder type ILennox-Gastaut syndromeTreatment of epilepsySerious skin rashesTreatment of womenFavorable pharmacokinetic propertiesConcomitant medicationsNeuropathic painElderly patientsSkin rashAdjunctive treatmentDose adjustmentGeneralized seizuresPartial seizuresAntiepileptic drugsSlow titrationNeurological conditionsPsychiatric disordersAdult populationLamotriginePharmacokinetic propertiesSmall riskPreliminary dataEpilepsy