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Re: Lamotrigine Rash » Cam W.

Posted by Cindylou on October 23, 2001, at 7:05:46

In reply to Lamotrigine Rash » Cindylou, posted by Cam W. on October 22, 2001, at 23:21:40

Hi Cam,
Thanks for the info. The other night, my back was itching like crazy, and I looked in the mirror and it did look like I had patches of sunburn on my back. That went away in a couple of hours, though. Now I just have about 10 or 15 little "bug bites" scattered around ... I'm wondering if this is something to bother my pdoc about. (I bother her enough as it is.) It doesn't seem alarming to me, but I just thought I'd see what you thought.

Thanks,
cindy

> Cindy - The dreaded rash (Steven-Johnson syndrome) is very rare in adults and affects mainly young children. I believe that the incidence of this is 1 in 1000 in adults (1 in 100 if including children), but the incidence of an ordinary, sunburn-like rash is about 1 in 10. The minor and major rashes are usually seen when the dose of Lamictal is raised too fast. Most docs will stop Lamictal at the first sign of any rash (with good reason). Upon rechallenge, at a lower dose, and slower titration, most people do not develop a rash when tried on Lamictal the second time around. I haven't noticed if anyone is more predisposed to the rash than other people, but I may be missing a link. - Cam


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