Drug Details
Generic Name:
Common Brands:
Lamictal, Lamictal CD, Lamictal ODT, Lamictal XR
Availability:
Prescription only
Therapeutic Class:
Antiepileptic or anticonvulsant
Forms:
Immediate release tablets, extended release tablets, chewable dispersible tablets, orally disintegrating tablets
Administration:
Oral administration (by mouth)
Therapeutic Uses:
- Partial seizures
- Primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures
- Generalized seizures of Lennox-Gastaut syndrome
- Bipolar I disorder
Controlled Status:
Not a controlled substance
Lamotrigine Drug Class
Lamotrigine (la-moe-truh-jeen) is an anticonvulsant or antiepileptic medication.
Lamotrigine Age Range
Lamotrigine is approved for use as adjunctive treatment along with other antiepileptic drugs in adults and children 2 years of age and older. Lamotrigine monotherapy (maintenance treatment with a single antiepileptic drug) is approved in people 16 years of age and older. This medicine is used in adults over the age of 18 years for the treatment of bipolar I disorder.
SOCIAL