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Re: LAMICTAL QUESTION-Itching Skin

Posted by Thrud on October 11, 2001, at 1:09:58

In reply to LAMICTAL QUESTION-Itching Skin, posted by Mr. Scott on October 10, 2001, at 22:56:30

Scott,

I have been taking 200mg Lamictal per day for a few months now. Initially, I had the same feeling: my skin sort of itched all over and actually peeled off one big patch (it felt like a bad sunburn at that patch). I also started to get more acne.
Follow the gradual dosing procedure very carefully so as not to make things worse. Once I was stabilized at 200mg for a few weeks all these skin problems went away. It certainly was annoying for a while though.
Apparently Lamictal binds to melanin in the skin and eyes. Maybe this is the source of the irritation? I am definitely going to avoid sunburn while on Lamictal; who knows what cancer potential lies in the UV+melanin+Lamictal combo?

Thrud

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> I have been taking Lamictal for 5 days. I have recently been diagnosed as bipolar 2. My skin is itching all over. Should I be concerned about this? I left a message for my doctor and he hasn't called back. Just worrying about the rash thing.
>
> Scott


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