Lamictal (lamotrigine) is primarily used to treat certain types of epilepsy and bipolar disorder[1][2][3].
For epilepsy, Lamictal is indicated for:
- Adjunctive therapy (used alongside other medications) for partial-onset seizures, primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures, and seizures associated with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome in patients aged 2 years and older[2][3][5].
- Monotherapy (used alone) for partial-onset seizures in adults and adolescents aged 16 years and older when switching from certain other antiepileptic drugs[2][3][5].
- Management of typical absence seizures and tonic-clonic seizures[1].
For bipolar disorder, Lamictal is used as:
- Maintenance treatment of bipolar I disorder in adults, specifically to delay the time to occurrence of mood episodes (including mania, hypomania, depression, or mixed episodes) after acute mood symptoms have been treated with standard therapy[3]. However, it is not indicated for treating acute mood episodes[3].
Lamictal is not recommended for:
- People hypersensitive to lamotrigine or its ingredients
- Individuals with acute or chronic hepatitis, or drug-induced hepatitis[1]