Can we use Lamotrigine with Oral Contraceptives?
The drug interaction between Lamotrigine and Oral Contraceptives is of direct clinical relevance for your daily clinical practice. This topic is summarized in the following…
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PEF Coffee Club: Bipolar Depression
Psychiatry Education Forum’s (PEF) Coffee Club is a new feature for Physician’s Guide for Clinical Psychiatry course subscribers. PEF Coffee Club contains short discussions with…
Lamotrigine Clearance: Drug Interactions
Choose your answer before scrolling down.   Lamotrigine is metabolized predominantly by glucuronic acid conjugation, so medications that induce or inhibit glucuronidation may affect…
Lamotrigine Dosing in Pregnancy
The answer is available at our following two channels: (1) YouTube This podcast will answer the following six questions: (2) Physician’s Guide for Clinical Psychiatry…
Restarting Lamotrigine after abrupt Discontinuation.
(Q.1): Patient is stable on Lamotrigine but suddenly stopped it due to rash. Lamotrigine can be restarted (without need for titration) within how many days of…
Lamotrigine to Augment Clozapine: 6 Clinical Points to Consider.
  #1: Make sure that blood clozapine levels are in the therapeutic range and the patient is taking the maximum tolerable doses of clozapine over at least 18-24…
Lamotrigine (LTG) in Pregnancy: Dosage and Serum Concentration
(1) Ideally obtain total serum LTG level at therapeutic dose before pregnancy. (2) If patient is seen during pregnancy: obtain levels as early as possible…
Q.11: Medications Affecting Lamotrigine Clearance ?
Q.11: Which of the following medication is NOT known to increase the apparent clearance of lamotrigine? (a) Carbamazepine (b) Estrogen-containing oral contraceptives (c) Rifampin (d) Valproate (e)…