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What are start up side effects of lamictal?
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See link: The most important things to look for are fever, rash and sore throat. You may have headache, dizziness, dry mouth. See link for a great resource on lamictal. http://www.drugs.com/lamictal.html
Answered 4/1/2016
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Slow titration: the recommendation is a slow titrtion of Lamictal due to the possibiity of sedation and most importantly the occurence of Stevens Johnson syndrom, a potentially life threatening rash, should the dose be incresed too fast.
Answered 4/1/2016
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