Lamotrigine-Induced Skin Rash

Potentially serious Lamotrigine-related skin rash.

OBJECTIVE To report our experience with lamotrigine (LTG)-related skin rash in children with epilepsy. METHODS We identified a series of consecutive children with epilepsy treated with LTG prospectively over a 5-year period ending 1st October 2005 at King Abdul-Aziz University Hospital and King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. RESULTS Of 207 c...

Gemcitabine induced skin rash.

Aripiprazole-induced skin rash

Adverse skin reactions are an important type of adverse drug reactions which have been reported with a wide variety of psychotropics including both typical and atypical antipsychotics. Like typical antipsychotics, atypical antipsychotics such as olanzapine, risperidone, and paliperidone have been documented to cause skin reactions. Reports of aripiprazole-induced skin reactions are sparse. We r...

Lamotrigine-related rash: an audit

s 423 Lamotrigine-related rash: an audit I. Wang*, G. Mawer? &J. Sander’ *School of Pharmacy; University of Bradford, Bradford, UK; t David Lewis Centre for Epilepsy Cheshire, UK; $ institute of Neurology National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK Purpose: 1. To estimate the incidence of serious and non-serious rashes associated with lamotrigine (LTG) treatment. 2. To identify...

Rechallenge with lamotrigine after initial rash

Eight patients rechallenged with lamotrigine after initial exposure which resulted in a skin rash are reported. On reintroduction of the lamotrigine, six of the patients had no recurrence of the rash. Of the other two patients, one had the occurrence of a mild fluctuating and qualitatively different skin rash on rechallenge. The other patient had developed a dose-related rash on initial challen...