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When switching antidepressants, your healthcare provider may recommend switching directly, cross-tapering or tapering down your dosage before you start using your new medication.
Lamotrigine, sold under the brand name Lamictal among others, is a medication used to treat epilepsy and stabilize mood in bipolar disorder. [5] [8] For epilepsy, this includes focal seizures, tonic-clonic seizures, and seizures in Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. [8]
Among bipolar patients taking anticonvulsants, those on lamotrigine have a better cognitive profile than those on carbamazepine, valproate, topiramate, and zonisamide. [ 36 ] Although decreased verbal memory and slowed psychomotor speed are common side effects of lithium use [ 37 ] [ 38 ] these side effects usually disappear after ...
In general, contraindications to antipsychotic switching are cases in which the risk of switching outweighs the potential benefit. Contraindications to antipsychotic switching include effective treatment of an acute psychotic episode, patients stable on a LAI antipsychotic with a history of poor adherence, and stable patients with a history of self-injurious behavior, violent behavior, or ...
Lamictal (lamotrigine) – an anticonvulsant used as a mood stabilizer; Latuda – an atypical antipsychotic; Lexapro (escitalopram) – an antidepressant of the SSRI class; Librium (chlordiazepoxide) – a benzodiazepine used to treat acute alcohol withdrawal; Lithobid, Eskalith – a mood stabilizer
[96] [97] On the other hand, evidence is conflicting for carbamazepine regarding any increased risk of congenital physical anomalies or neurodevelopmental disorders by intrauterine exposure. [96] Similarly, children exposed lamotrigine or phenytoin in the womb do not seem to differ in their skills compared to those who were exposed to ...
Lurasidone [(3aR,4S,7R,7aS)-2-{(1R,2R)-2-[4-(1,2-benzisothiazol-3-yl) piperazin-1-ylmethyl]-cyclohexylmethyl}-hexahydro-4,7-methano-2Hisoindole-1,3-dione hydrochloride]] [71] is an azapirone derivative [72] and acts as an antagonist of the dopamine D 2 and D 3 receptors, [73] and the serotonin 5-HT 2A and 5-HT 7 receptors, and the α 2C ...
[1] [8] Use is not recommended during breastfeeding. [1] In those with an allergy to carbamazepine there is a 25% risk of problems with oxcarbazepine. [3] How it works is not entirely clear. [5] Oxcarbazepine was patented in 1969 and came into medical use in 1990. [9] It is available as a generic medication. [6]