Benefits and Side Effects
LAMICTAL has been used worldwide in more than 5 million people since it was first approved more than 16 years ago. Like many antiseizure medicines, LAMICTAL helps regulate the electrical activity in the brain that's thought to be responsible for seizures.
LAMICTAL is a prescription medicine that can be used either alone or in combination with other medicines to treat seizures in people 2 years of age or older.
FDA-approved uses for LAMICTAL:- Partial seizures
- Added to other antiseizure medicines in people 2 years of age or older.
- As the only treatment in people 16 years of age and older after switching from the most commonly used antiseizure medicines.
- Lennox-Gestaut syndrome
- One of the few antiseizure medicines approved to treat this severe form of epilepsy when added to other antiseizure medicines in both children as young as 2 years of age and adults.
- Primary Generalized Tonic-Clonic (PGTC)
- Added to other antiseizure medicines in people 2 years of age or older.
- Also known as "grand mal" seizures. Sometimes mistakenly referred to as "grandma" seizures or "grand mall" seizures.
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