Posted by Peter S. on October 3, 2002, at 14:25:32
In reply to Re: L..Rash is almost gone now. Scared to try it again, posted by colin wallace on October 3, 2002, at 4:48:27
What I would suggest is that you wait until the rash is entirely gone and then titrate up extremely slowly. It's worth the extra time if the med really works for you!
> Hi there,
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> When I started Lamictal six weeks ago, I began by splitting off the tiniest segments of a 25mg pill- probably around 4mg or less, daily for one week, then a week at roughly double,and then simply halving the pill, amounting to 12.5mg (which has given great results so far).
> It was so tempting to go higher sooner, but being sensitive to the tiniest amounts of all AD's and their side-effects, I'd learned my
> lesson.
> It was worth the painstaking titration in my case- you could try re-introducing lamictal in smaller doses, keeping a wary eye for signs of rash (this has worked in various trials apparently)- you can get it in 5mg, or even 2mg strengths too.
> Good luck,
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> Col.
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