LAMOTRIGINE AUROBINDO 50 Milligram Dispersable Tablet

Country: Ireland

Language: English

Source: HPRA (Health Products Regulatory Authority)

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Active ingredient:

LAMOTRIGINE

Available from:

Milpharm Limited

ATC code:

N03AX09

INN (International Name):

LAMOTRIGINE

Dosage:

50 Milligram

Pharmaceutical form:

Dispersable Tablet

Prescription type:

Product subject to prescription which may be renewed (B)

Therapeutic area:

Other antiepileptics

Authorization status:

Authorised

Authorization date:

2011-07-29

Patient Information leaflet

                                 
 
PACKAGE LEAFLET: INFORMATION FOR THE USER 
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LAMOTRIGINE AUROBINDO 5 MG DISPERSIBLE/CHEWABLE TABLETS 
LAMOTRIGINE AUROBINDO 25 MG DISPERSIBLE/CHEWABLE TABLETS 
LAMOTRIGINE AUROBINDO 50 MG DISPERSIBLE/CHEWABLE TABLETS 
LAMOTRIGINE AUROBINDO 100 MG DISPERSIBLE/CHEWABLE TABLETS 
LAMOTRIGINE AUROBINDO 200 MG DISPERSIBLE/CHEWABLE TABLETS 
Lamotrigine 
 
READ ALL OF THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU START TAKING
THIS MEDICINE BECAUSE IT CONTAINS 
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR YOU. 
- 
Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again. 
- 
If you have
any further questions, ask your doctor or pharmacist. 
- 
This medicine has been prescribed for you only. Do not pass
it on to others. It may harm them, 
even if their signs of illness are the same as yours. 
- 
If any of the side effects, talk to
your doctor or pharmacist. This includes any possible side 
effects not listed in this leaflet. See section 4. 
 
WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET 
1. 
What Lamotrigine Aurobindo is and what it is used for 
2. 
What you need to know before you take Lamotrigine Aurobindo 
3. 
How to take Lamotrigine Aurobindo 
4. 
Possible side effects 
5. 
How to store Lamotrigine Aurobindo 
6. 
 Contents of the pack and other information 
 
 
1. 
 WHAT LAMOTRIGINE AUROBINDO IS AND WHAT IT IS USED FOR 
 
Lamotrigine belongs to a group of medicines called
anti-epileptics. It is used to treat two conditions – 
EPILEPSY and BIPOLAR DISORDER. 
 
LAMOTRIGINE AUROBINDO TREATS EPILEPSY by blocking the
signals in the brain that trigger epileptic 
seizures (fits). 
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  For adults and children aged 13 years and over, Lamotrigine
Aurobindo can be used on its own 
or with other medicines, to treat epilepsy.
Lamotrigine Aurobindo can also be used with other 
medicines to treat the seizures that occur with a condition
called Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. 
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  For children aged bet
                                
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Summary of Product characteristics

                                SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
1 NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Lamotrigine Aurobindo 50 mg dispersible/chewable tablets
2 QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
Each Lamotrigine Aurobindo 50 mg dispersible/chewable tablet contains 50 mg lamotrigine.
For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.
3 PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Dispersible/chewable tablet
White to off-white, rounded square shaped uncoated tablets debossed with ‘H’ on multifaceted side and ‘79’ on flat
side.
4 CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1 THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS
Epilepsy:
_Adults and adolescents aged 13 years and above_
Adjunctive or monotherapy treatment of partial seizures and generalised seizures, including tonic-clonic seizures.
Seizures associated with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. Lamotrigine is given as adjunctive therapy but may be the
initial antiepileptic drug (AED) to start with in Lennox-Gastaut syndrome.
_Children and adolescents aged 2 to 12 years_
Adjunctive treatment of partial seizures and generalised seizures, including tonic-clonic seizures and the seizures
associated with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome.
Monotherapy of typical absence seizures.
Bipolar disorder:
_Adults aged 18 years and above_
Prevention of depressive episodes in patients with bipolar I disorder who experience predominantly depressive
episodes (see section 5.1).
Lamotrigine Aurobindo is not indicated for the acute treatment of manic or depressive episodes.
4.2 POSOLOGY AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION
Posology
Lamotrigine Aurobindo dispersible/chewable tablets may be chewed, dispersed in a small volume of water (at least
enough to cover the whole tablet) or swallowed whole with a little water.
If the calculated dose of lamotrigine (for example for treatment of children with epilepsy or patients with hepatic
impairment) does not equate to whole tablets, the do
                                
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