Mood Stabilizers · Anticonvulsant Mood Stabilizers

Lamotrigine

Brand: Lamictal, Lamictal XR, Lamictal ODT (orally disintegrating)

Mood stabilizer / anticonvulsant

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1.What is lamotrigine's primary role in bipolar disorder?

2.What is the SJS/TEN risk with lamotrigine and when is it highest?

3.What is the standard lamotrigine monotherapy titration schedule?

4.How does valproate change lamotrigine titration?

5.A patient on lamotrigine develops ANY rash during titration. What do you do?

6.A patient misses lamotrigine for 5+ consecutive days. Can they resume the prior dose?

7.Does lamotrigine require therapeutic drug monitoring?

8.What other medications alter lamotrigine levels?

9.Why is lamotrigine preferred among mood stabilizers in pregnancy?

10.What is lamotrigine's mechanism of action?

11.How should lamotrigine doses be managed in the postpartum period?

12.A clinician prescribes lamotrigine 200 mg to a patient acutely depressed in bipolar II. Why is this wrong?

13.Differentiate SJS warning signs from a benign rash on lamotrigine.

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