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Elsevier, Epilepsy Research, 3(65), p. 185-188

DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2005.06.004

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Individual changes in lamotrigine plasma concentrations during pregnancy

Journal article published in 2005 by Vaiva Petrenaite, Anne Sabers, Jacob Hansen-Schwartz
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Abstract

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 observed during the second trimester (TM2) (p=0.0058) and by 65.8% during TM3 (p=0.0045) compared to pre-pregnancy values. Five patients experienced seizure deterioration during pregnancy. The pharmacokinetic changes display marked inter-patient variation, which stresses the importance of evaluating each woman individually by closely monitoring LTG concentrations until term.