Lamotrigine clinical pharmacokinetics

B Rambeck, P Wolf - Clinical pharmacokinetics, 1993 - Springer
Lamotrigine is a new antiepileptic agent chemically unrelated to any established drugs in
use. The drug can be estimated in biological fluids by high performance liquid …

Lamotrigine: a review of its pharmacological properties and clinical efficacy in epilepsy

KL Goa, SR Ross, P Chrisp - Drugs, 1993 - Springer
Synopsis Lamotrigine is an antiepileptic drug which is believed to suppress seizures by
inhibiting the release of excitatory neurotransmitters. Efficacy has been demonstrated for …

The efficacy of valproate‐lamotrigine comedication in refractory complex partial seizures: evidence for a pharmacodynamic interaction

F Pisani, G Oteri, MF Russo, R Di Perri, E Perucca… - …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To assess the comparative therapeutic value of valproate (VPA), lamotrigine (LTG),
and their combination in patients with complex partial seizures resistant to other established …

Oral contraceptives reduce lamotrigine plasma levels

A Sabers, I Ohman, J Christensen, T Tomson - Neurology, 2003 - AAN Enterprises
The mean steady-state plasma concentration of lamotrigine (LTG) was 13 μmol/L in 22
women taking LTG in combination oral contraceptives (OC) compared with 28 μmol/L …

Lamotrigine plasma levels reduced by oral contraceptives

A Sabers, JM Buchholt, P Uldall, EL Hansen - Epilepsy research, 2001 - Elsevier
Although it is known that the use of oral contraceptives (OC's) can induce glucuronide
conjugating enzymes, currently no data exists as to the potential that the elimination of the …

Individual changes in lamotrigine plasma concentrations during pregnancy

V Petrenaite, A Sabers, J Hansen-Schwartz - Epilepsy research, 2005 - Elsevier
Eleven pregnant women on lamotrigine (LTG) monotherapy were retrospectively reviewed.
A significant decrease in the ratio of plasma LTG concentration-to-dose by 65.1% was …

Concentration‐effect and concentration‐toxicity relations with lamotrigine: a prospective study

ES Kilpatrick, G Forrest, MJ Brodie - Epilepsia, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
This prospective study was designed to ascertain whether measurement of lamotrigine
(LTG) concentrations in the epilepsy clinic could be used to predict the onset of complete …

Determination of lamotrigine in human plasma by high-performance liquid chromatography

P Angelis-Stoforidis, DJ Morgan, TJ O'Brien… - … of Chromatography B …, 1999 - Elsevier
The method involves precipitation of plasma proteins with acetonitrile and analysis of the
supernatant by high-performance liquid chromatography using a 5 μm Zorbax C8 column …

A rapid liquid chromatographic method for the determination of lamotrigine in plasma

KM Matar, PJ Nicholls, SA Bawazir… - … of Pharmaceutical and …, 1998 - Elsevier
A rapid, sensitive and simple high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method for
the determination of lamotrigine in plasma is described. The drug was extracted from 100 μl …

Lamotrigine analysis in blood and brain by high-performance liquid chromatography

MM Castel-Branco, AM Almeida, AC Falcao… - … of Chromatography B …, 2001 - Elsevier
A reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography assay was developed and
validated to determine plasma and brain lamotrigine concentrations allowing …