Dangers of Lamictal
What is Lamictal used for?
Adjunctive therapy of partial seizures in adults with epilepsy. Lamictal is an antiepileptic drug. Also approved in 2003 for long-term treatment of bipolor disorder.
Why was Lamictal Recalled (or why should it) ?
A warning was added to Lamictal labeling in 1997 including reports of severe, potentially life-threatening rash,and toxic epidermal necrolysis.
It also emphasized that Lamictal is not for use in patients below the age of 16 years. Pediatric patients had a higher risk of developing a potentially life-threatening rash.
What Makes Lamictal a dangerous Drug ( side effects):
- Deadly Rash
- hypersensitivity reactions that have included fatal or life-threatening instances.
Common Misspelling or other names: Lamactal, Lamictol, Limictal, Lamactil
john bocchetti on Mon, 26th Sep 2011 11:48 am
The VA put me on Lamictal due to suspected seizure activity after a fall from hiking. It actually created real seizures that I had never experienced in my life. For 8 weeks I lived in terror of this seizures and felt like I was doomed. The nightmares also were so evil that I though I had gone to hell.
On the data sheet, it says that Lamictal can cause additional seizures. WTF!! I stop it immediately contrary to the neurologist warning. Clinicians are hardwired into the biopharma industry. They appear to be devils.
john bocchetti on Mon, 30th Jan 2012 8:42 pm
On January 2oth 2021, my roomate Steven Goldberg committed suicide. The cause was an overdose of psychiatric medications. He had been also on Lamictal at one point. I have known Steven for seven years. Although he had been struggling with depression for year and biopolar his treatment via medication was not doing any good. When has to ask why after that amount of time he never fully bounced back from his bipolar 1 impairment. Here medication has failed another person disabled by a mental malady.
john bocchetti on Fri, 3rd Feb 2012 1:55 pm
The impact of suicide, recently experienced, recently threw me. As mentioned Mr. Goldberg was in a downward spiral for the last 6 years, Although he tried to mount a challenge to his depression, and used medication, this failed. My suprise and re-told to the medical examiner, how can someone use pysch meds to end one’s life. That’s all I was trying to communicate.
john bocchetti on Tue, 3rd Apr 2012 8:39 am
The suicide drug; lorazepam, ended Steve’s life. Stopped his heart sometime between midnight and 2am while i slept in the next room.