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Help! Starting Lamictal
Sun, 01/28/2018 - 22:26Topic: Medication Issues
I have never been on any medications and my doctor prescribed for the first time 25 mg Lamictal (generic) to be taken twice a day for 2 weeks (so total 50 mg a day) than it will be increased by 50 mg a day every week. I have read that the recommended starting dose is 25 mg a day for 2 weeks than 50 mg a day for another 2 weeks.
After taking 25 mg x 2 a day for 5 days, I just knew that it has serious side effects like Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, etc if the starting dose is high or the dose is increased quickly.
This makes me worried as obviously I have been taking more than the recommended starting dose (50 mg a day instead of 25 mg).
Does anyone has the same experience to start Lamictal at 50 mg a day? If so, did you experience any side effects? Thank you.
Thank you. You have given
Submitted by Anthgreene on Mon, 2018-01-29 - 22:36
Thank you. You have given detail explanation and that helps.