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A 22-year-old male asked:
Does lamictal also help with nerve pain? take 100 mg daily for seizures but also have nerve pain in hand/wrist related to old brachial plexus injury
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Dr. Walter Husaranswered
Neurology 35 years experience
No effect on pain: Lamictal in general should have no effect on nerve pain, but may help nocioceptive pain by stabilizing mood.
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Dr. Bennett Machanicanswered
Neurology 47 years experience
Doubtful benefit: Although on occasion, there is some pain benefit, usually far better effects with drugs such as gabapentin, lyrica, (pregabalin) cymbalta. But remember that if you have epilepsy, Lamictal is the first choice of most epilepsy specialists.
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Last updated Jun 26, 2014
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