Posted by Lyrical13 on January 17, 2004, at 7:00:30
I'm going to be starting on Lamictal next week for BP2 (to go along with the Effexor that I'm already on). My pdoc mentioned a rash as a side effect that we hope won't happen. I guess there is a rare complication from Lamictal that results in a permanent condition...Stephen JOhnson syndrome. ONe of the big components of it is a rash. So at the slightest sign of a rash we are going to d/c Lamictal. My question is, how common is a rash? Is it a side effect that goes away after a couple weeks? Any other side effects that I should know about?
I am hoping Lamictal will work for me b/c if it doesn't his next suggestion is Depakote. I don't know a lot about it but it seems like one of those meds that zombify you (like that word? I just made it up!)
Thanks for the info in advance
L13
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