Lamotragine
Lamotrigine
(marketed as
Lamictal
(
IPA
: /ləˈmɪktəl/) by
GlaxoSmithKline
, called
Lamictin
in
South Africa
,
למוג'ין
(
Lamogine
)
[1]
in
Israel
, and
라믹탈
in
South Korea
) is an
anticonvulsant
drug used in the treatment of
epilepsy
and
bipolar disorder
. For epilepsy it is used to treat
partial seizures
, primary and secondary
tonic-clonic seizures
, and seizures associated with
Lennox-Gastaut syndrome
. Lamotrigine also acts as a
mood stabilizer
. It is the first medication since
lithium
granted
Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) approval for the maintenance treatment of
bipolar type I
. Chemically unrelated to other anticonvulsants, lamotrigine has relatively few side-effects and does not require blood monitoring. The exact way lamotrigine works is unknown. Some think that it is a
Na+ channel
blocker. –
www.wikipedia.org
.
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