What should I Know Regarding Pregnancy, Nursing and Administering Lamotrigine to Children or the Elderly?

If you are pregnant

  • Not Recommended:

    • If you are nursing

  • Precaution: MONITOR INFANT FOR TOXICITY; APNEA, RASH, DROWSINESS, POOR SUCKING REPORTED.

    • If you are an adult over 60

  • management or monitoring precaution: Neuro/Psych-Use caution in elderly with a history of recurrent falls. Drug may produce ataxia, impaired psychomotor function, syncope, and additional falls. General-Start at the low end of the adult dosage range for elderly.

    • Pediatric use

  • Severe Precaution: Increased risk of infection, severe rash, apnea and other respiratory adverse reactions. Not indicated for age < 2 years. Safety and efficacy not demonstrated.
  • Severe Precaution: No safety information for extended release dose form. May cause life threatening rash age <16 years. Rare risk of organ failure, aseptic meningitis, hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis.
  • Severe Precaution: Adhere to dosing guidelines. Rare risk of organ failure, life threatening rash age <16 years. Reports of rare aseptic meningitis, hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis.
  • Severe Precaution: Monitor for rare risk of life threatening rash, hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, organ failure, infection, aseptic meningitis.
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