However, if your doctor tells you to take the medicine a certain way, take it exactly as directed. If you are taking the chewable dispersible tablets or tablets for suspension, they may be swallowed whole, chewed, and swallowed, or dispersed in a small amount of liquid and swallowed. If the tablets are chewed, they should be followed with a small amount of water or diluted fruit juice to aid in swallowing.
To break up these tablets, add them in enough water or diluted fruit juice to cover the tablets about a teaspoonful. Wait until the tablets are completely dispersed about 1 minute , then swirl the solution and swallow it immediately. If you are taking the disintegrating tablet, make sure your hands are dry before you handle the tablet.
Do not open the blister pack that contains the tablet until you are ready to take it. Remove the tablet from the blister pack by peeling back the foil, then taking the tablet out. Do not push the tablet through the foil.
Place the tablet into your tongue and move it around in your mouth. It should melt quickly. After the tablet has melted, swallow or take a sip of water. Use only the brand of this medicine that your doctor prescribed. Different brands and dosage forms may not work the same way. This medicine can be used with other seizure medicines. Keep using all of your seizure medicines unless your doctor tells you to stop. The dose of this medicine will be different for different patients.
Follow your doctor's orders or the directions on the label. The following information includes only the average doses of this medicine. Do not take any medication unless you are certain it is the medication that your doctor prescribed. If you are taking the chewable dispersible tablets, you may swallow them whole, chew them, or dissolve them in liquid. If you chew the tablets, drink a small amount of water or diluted fruit juice afterward to wash down the medication.
To dissolve the tablets in liquid, place 1 teaspoon 5 mL of water or diluted fruit juice in a glass. Place the tablet in the liquid and wait 1 minute to allow it to dissolve. Then swirl the liquid and drink all of it immediately. Do not try to divide a single tablet to be used for more than one dose. To take an orally disintegrating tablet, place it on your tongue and move it around in your mouth.
Wait a short time for the tablet to dissolve, and then swallow it with or without water. If your medication comes in a blisterpack, check the blisterpack before you take your first dose. Do not use any of the medication from the pack if any of the blisters are torn, broken, or do not contain tablets. If you were taking another medication to treat seizures and are switching to lamotrigine, your doctor will gradually decrease your dose of the other medication and gradually increase your dose of lamotrigine.
Follow these directions carefully and ask your doctor or pharmacist if you have questions about how much of each medication you should take. Lamotrigine may control your condition, but it will not cure it.
It may take several weeks for you to feel the full benefit of lamotrigine. Continue to take lamotrigine even if you feel well. Do not stop taking lamotrigine without talking to your doctor, even if you experience side effects such as unusual changes in behavior or mood. Your doctor will probably decrease your dose gradually. If you suddenly stop taking lamotrigine, you may experience seizures. If you do stop taking lamotrigine for any reason, do not start taking it again without talking to your doctor.
This medication may be prescribed for other uses; ask your doctor or pharmacist for more information. Take the missed dose as soon as you remember it. However, if it is almost time for the next dose, skip the missed dose and continue your regular dosing schedule.
Do not take a double dose to make up for a missed one. Lamotrigine may cause other side effects. Call your doctor if you have any unusual problems while you are taking this medication. Keep this medication in the container it came in, tightly closed, and out of reach of children. Store it at room temperature, away from excess heat and moisture not in the bathroom. It is important to keep all medication out of sight and reach of children as many containers such as weekly pill minders and those for eye drops, creams, patches, and inhalers are not child-resistant and young children can open them easily.
To protect young children from poisoning, always lock safety caps and immediately place the medication in a safe location — one that is up and away and out of their sight and reach. Unneeded medications should be disposed of in special ways to ensure that pets, children, and other people cannot consume them.
However, you should not flush this medication down the toilet. Instead, the best way to dispose of your medication is through a medicine take-back program. In case of overdose, call the poison control helpline at If the victim has collapsed, had a seizure, has trouble breathing, or can't be awakened, immediately call emergency services at Keep all appointments with your doctor and the laboratory.
Note: although not in the package insert, the drug has a coating that is intended to release the drug over approximately 3 hours. Slow-release a Note: may add contents of capsule to chilled, not warm, applesauce and consume immediately. Note: exposure to the powder may cause serious skin toxicities; health care workers should wear gloves to administer. Slow-release a ; Note: crushing, chewing, or dissolving tablets can cause rapid release and absorption of a potentially fatal dose.
Note: package insert indicates potential teratogenic effects; material safety data sheet warns against skin contact; health care workers should take appropriate precautions.
Slow-release Note: crushing, chewing, or dissolving tablets can cause rapid release and absorption of a potentially fatal dose. Note: do not give as whole tablet, tablets are meant to be given as oral suspension; see company insert. Mucous membrane irritant; Note: women who are, or may become, pregnant, should not handle crushed or broken tablets l. Slow-release a Note: do not give via NG tubes; crushing, chewing or dissolving tablets can cause rapid release and absorption of a potentially fatal dose.
Slow-release b ; Note: crushing, chewing or dissolving tablets can cause rapid release and absorption of a potentially fatal dose. Film-coated Note: active ingredients are surrounded by wax matrix to prevent healthcare exposure; women who are, or may become, pregnant should not handle crushed or broken tablet. Empty contents into a spoon for administration.
Do not swallow the capsule. Do not chew or crush the contents of the capsule. Mucous membrane irritant; Note: accidentally opened or damaged capsules require rigorous precautions to avoid inhalation or contact with the skin or mucous membranes i.
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