A new study that examined older and newer medications to treat seizures has found that using some medications during pregnancy is linked to an increased risk of malformations at birth, or birth ...

Add-on therapy and substitution monotherapy are both effective second-line treatments for women with idiopathic generalized epilepsy.

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) said 10 more medicines for cancer, high cholesterol, hypertension, and mental illness are now exempted from value- ...

Learn how first-line antiepileptic drugs, personalized care, and lifestyle changes work together to manage generalized epilepsy effectively.

Medsafe group manager Chris James told the Chief Coroner the agency advised Pharmac it was “not desirable” for patients to switch brands of anti-epilepsy drug lamotrigine ahead of a funding ...

Rutgers Health researchers found that lamotrigine, a widely prescribed antiseizure medication, to be safe in older adults with epilepsy, contrary to a safety warning by the Food and Drug ...

A YOUNG woman saw nearly a third of her skin peel away in sheets just days after starting a new medication. The 24-year-old had been prescribed lamotrigine, a drug commonly used on the NHS to treat… ...

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Valproate and gabapentin are seizure medications commonly linked to weight gain. Other ASMs, like topiramate or lamotrigine, may lead to weight loss. Some may not affect weight.

LOS ANGELES -- The FDA's warning about arrhythmia risk with lamotrigine (Lamictal) based on in vitro data wasn't borne out in observational cohorts of people with epilepsy, although the risk did ...

Children exposed to the anti-seizure drug lamotrigine during pregnancy were at no increased risk for autism or intellectual disability than those exposed to other anti-seizure medications, according ...

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Improvements in nondystrophic myotonias symptoms are similar for lamotrigine and mexiletine, according to a study published in the October issue of The ...