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Posted by Jimmyboy on September 25, 2007, at 15:06:27
Im at 75 mg , and want this crap completely out of my body pronto, does anyone have an estimate of how long it will take?
JB
Posted by JayBTV2 on September 25, 2007, at 16:02:53
In reply to How long for Lamictal to clear your system?, posted by Jimmyboy on September 25, 2007, at 15:06:27
Maybe you've seen this but from Crazymeds.org - I don't have any personal experience as it's been a pretty good med for me:
Lamictal's Half-Life & Average Time to Clear Out of Your System: Get out a dartboard or some percentile dice, because a random number is going to be just as good as anything. The folks at GSK really tried to pin down a number for Lamictal (lamotrigine), but it so depends on what other medications you're taking, if you take it once a day or twice a day, how much you're taking, how old you are and where a woman is in her monthly cycle. Taking Lamictal (lamotrigine) once a day with no other medications produced a range of half-lives from 14 to 103 hours with an average of 32.8 hours. Taking it twice a day produced a range 12 to 62 hours with an average of 25.4 hours. The aggregate half-life given for Lamictal is 26 hours.If you're taking a valproate medication (Depakene (valproic acid), Depakote (divalproex sodium) or Depacon (valproate sodium)) the half-life shoots up to 70 hours. If you're taking an enzyme-inducing anticonvulsant like Dilantin (phenytoin), Tegretol (carbamazepine USP), Trileptal (oxcarbazepine), Mysoline (primidone) or good old phenobarbital the half-life is cut to about 13 hours.
Posted by Jimmyboy on September 25, 2007, at 18:22:51
In reply to Re: How long for Lamictal to clear your system?, posted by JayBTV2 on September 25, 2007, at 16:02:53
Thanks for the info, it seems very comppllicated , I guess I will not think about it and ride it out
Posted by JayBTV2 on September 25, 2007, at 19:58:35
In reply to Re: How long for Lamictal to clear your system?, posted by Jimmyboy on September 25, 2007, at 18:22:51
Yea it does seem complicated. Either way figure 3-5 days w/ a half life of 24hrs.
Good luck!
-Jay
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