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What is peak time of lamictal 100mg and its half life (also using tegretol 600)?

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Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge answered

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About 3 hours: The peak plasma concentration occurs from 1.4 to 4.8 hours. Half life of Lamotrigine is 13.5 hours.

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Answered 4/21/2019

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Lamictal Tegretol : On multiple doses, with tegretol on board, the time to peak concentration is 2 hours with a range of 0.75 to 5.93 hours and the half-life is 12.6 hours with a range of 7.5 -23.1 hours. Source: www.Pdr.Net. Best wishes.

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Answered 11/27/2017

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