Re: Lamictal 5mg tablets Jill and Claire/

[Guest guest]

I thought some compounding pharmacies could make just about

anything....wouldn't guarantee the taste though! But I thought someone

once got a special formula of tegretol made when they got to the lower

amounts to wean

Tucker wrote:

> I found some discussion about it- way back in 2002!! I am wondering

> if we should get the 25 mg tablets and try to divide them in 5ths?

> They are just so tiny, though. Ugh. Maybe our new neuro will have

> some bright ideas.

>

> Thanks, ! I saw your last post. I am sorry that your son has

> been ill but YAY for the no seizures!! After the times you guys have

> had recently, that is sooooooo fantastic! He really is a miracle

> child, isn't he???

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi

Sorry, I am a bit slow off the mark here. . . a few issues to deal with

ourselves:(

I've located the info on Lamictal chewables:

Lamictal 5mg

sodium starch glycolate 3mg

saccharin sodium 1mg

blackcurrant flavor up to 1mg

magnesium stearate 1mg

Lamictal 25mg

sodium starch glycolate 2.5mg

saccharin sodium 0.625mg

blackcurrant flavour up to 0.625mg

magnesium stearate 0.625mg

The magnesium stearate is fat content I believe.

So as far as reducing down from the 25mg dose, you are far better (although

it gets soooooo fiddley) to cut up the 25mg tablets.

Hope this helps

Jill

At 08:01 AM 1/03/2004, you wrote:

> Reposting this in case Jill missed it, did you have any luck in the

>archives? This discussion goes quite a fair way back - maybe over a yr I

>think..cripes - poss even 2???

>

>

>

> ----- Original Message -----

>

>

>

> > That makes me feel like MAYBE I'm not crazy after all... Seizure

>frequency has more than doubled since we went to the 5mg pills. I don't

>really know what to do, though. I am scared to reduce faster, and dividing

>those 25 mg pills into quarters would be impossible. Ugh. Hopefully our

>new neuro will have some ideas- we see her March 9th. So I guess we'll hang

>tight until then.

> >

> > Do you think Jill and posted about this? I am going to search

>archives.

> >

> > Thanks!

> >

> >

> > ----- Original Message -----

> >

>

> > Jill in Australia also found out something about the blackcurrant

> > flavoring (something in that can be a problem with some children) -

>that a 5

> > mg pill contained more, or as much as a 25 or 50 mg pill? Something

>like

> > that, and I'm pretty sure that had some problems when using the

>5 mg

> > pills.

> >

> > Hill

>

>

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Hi

Sorry, I am a bit slow off the mark here. . . a few issues to deal with

ourselves:(

I've located the info on Lamictal chewables:

Lamictal 5mg

sodium starch glycolate 3mg

saccharin sodium 1mg

blackcurrant flavor up to 1mg

magnesium stearate 1mg

Lamictal 25mg

sodium starch glycolate 2.5mg

saccharin sodium 0.625mg

blackcurrant flavour up to 0.625mg

magnesium stearate 0.625mg

The magnesium stearate is fat content I believe.

So as far as reducing down from the 25mg dose, you are far better (although

it gets soooooo fiddley) to cut up the 25mg tablets.

Hope this helps

Jill

At 08:01 AM 1/03/2004, you wrote:

> Reposting this in case Jill missed it, did you have any luck in the

>archives? This discussion goes quite a fair way back - maybe over a yr I

>think..cripes - poss even 2???

>

>

>

> ----- Original Message -----

>

>

>

> > That makes me feel like MAYBE I'm not crazy after all... Seizure

>frequency has more than doubled since we went to the 5mg pills. I don't

>really know what to do, though. I am scared to reduce faster, and dividing

>those 25 mg pills into quarters would be impossible. Ugh. Hopefully our

>new neuro will have some ideas- we see her March 9th. So I guess we'll hang

>tight until then.

> >

> > Do you think Jill and posted about this? I am going to search

>archives.

> >

> > Thanks!

> >

> >

> > ----- Original Message -----

> >

>

> > Jill in Australia also found out something about the blackcurrant

> > flavoring (something in that can be a problem with some children) -

>that a 5

> > mg pill contained more, or as much as a 25 or 50 mg pill? Something

>like

> > that, and I'm pretty sure that had some problems when using the

>5 mg

> > pills.

> >

> > Hill

>

>

>

>

>

>

> " The Ketogenic Diet....a realistic treatment option, NOT just a last

> resort! "

>

> List is for parent to parent support only.

> It is important to get medical advice from a

> professional keto team!

> Subscribe: ketogenic-subscribe

> Unsubscribe: ketogenic-unsubscribe

>

>

>