Lamictal (lamotrigine) is an anti-epileptic medication, also called an anticonvulsant. Lamictal is used alone or with other medications to treat epileptic seizures in adults and children. Canadian Prescription Drug Store dispenses medications from our fully licensed and independently verified pharmacy partners from around the world including Canada, England, Australia, New Zealand, India, Turkey, and Singapore. Lamotrigine comes as a tablet, an extended-release tablet, an orally disintegrating tablet (dissolves in the mouth and can be swallowed without water), and a chewable dispersible (can be chewed or dissolved in liquid) tablet to take by mouth with or without food. therapy cannot be relied upon as a means to predict the. 41. potential risk heralded by the first appearance of a rash. 42. although benign rashes also occur with lamictal, it is not Lamictal tablets should be swallowed whole, and should not be chewed or crushed. Lamictal chewable/dispersible tablets may be chewed, dispersed in a small volume of water (at least enough to cover the whole tablet) or swallowed whole with a little water. Lamotrigine use is contraindicated in patients who have demonstrated hypersensitivity to lamotrigine (e.g., rash, history of angioedema, acute urticaria, extensive pruritus, mucosal ulceration) or other life-threatening hypersensitivity or serious immune-related events. Index of comprehensive articles on common prescription and OTC medications and drugs, l listing. Monographs cover generic and brand name, drug class and mechanism, dosing, drug interactions, side effects,and use. General Dosing Considerations. Rash. There are suggestions, yet to be proven, that the risk of severe, potentially life-threatening rash may be increased by (1) coadministration of LAMICTAL with valproate, (2) exceeding the recommended initial dose of LAMICTAL, or (3) exceeding the recommended dose escalation for LAMICTAL. ESSNY 2009 MOST COMMON ANTISEIZURE DRUGS PLEASE SPEAK WITH YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT MEDICATIONS This chart was developed solely for general. Lamotrigine, sold as the brand name Lamictal among others, is an anticonvulsant medication used to treat epilepsy and bipolar disorder. For epilepsy, this includes focal seizures, tonic-clonic seizures, and seizures in Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. In bipolar disorder, it is used to treat acute episodes of depression, rapid cycling in bipolar type.