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lamotrigine and Weight Gain

lamotrigine has been researched along with Weight Gain in 17 studies

Weight Gain: Increase in BODY WEIGHT over existing weight.

Research Excerpts

ExcerptRelevanceReference
"Four-hundred and thirty-four patients with partial seizures were randomized to pregabalin, lamotrigine, or placebo as adjunctive therapy for 17 weeks of double-blind treatment."9.14A comparison of pregabalin, lamotrigine, and placebo as adjunctive therapy in patients with refractory partial-onset seizures. ( Barrett, J; Baulac, M; Leon, T; O'Brien, TJ; Whalen, E, 2010)
"Unlike many pharmacotherapies for mood disorders, lamotrigine has not been shown to be associated with weight gain."9.12A single-center, double-blind, placebo-controlled evaluation of lamotrigine in the treatment of obesity in adults. ( Merideth, CH, 2006)
"We evaluated the serum leptin and insulin as predictors of weight gain in children receiving long-term treatment with valproate (VPA), carbamazepine (CBZ), lamotrigine (LTG)."7.75States of serum leptin and insulin in children with epilepsy: risk predictors of weight gain. ( Fida, NM; Hamed, EA; Hamed, SA, 2009)
"This open-label, cross-sectional study compared (1) endocrine and lipid measures during the early follicular phase of the menstrual cycle; (2) prevalence of menstrual disorders (from patient diaries recorded over three cycles); and (3) body weight of women with epilepsy on lamotrigine monotherapy (n=119) with those on valproate monotherapy (n=103) for <5 years."7.72Higher androgens and weight gain with valproate compared with lamotrigine for epilepsy. ( Ayala, R; Dam, M; Gomez, G; Isojärvi, J; Messenheimer, J; Morrell, MJ; O'Neill, F; Taylor, AE; Tennis, P, 2003)
" Valproic acid appears to be use cautionally in obese females with epilepsy."5.24Evaluate the effects of long-term valproic acid treatment on metabolic profiles in newly diagnosed or untreated female epileptic patients: A prospective study. ( Sadhotra, A; Sidhu, HS; Srinivas, R, 2017)
"Four-hundred and thirty-four patients with partial seizures were randomized to pregabalin, lamotrigine, or placebo as adjunctive therapy for 17 weeks of double-blind treatment."5.14A comparison of pregabalin, lamotrigine, and placebo as adjunctive therapy in patients with refractory partial-onset seizures. ( Barrett, J; Baulac, M; Leon, T; O'Brien, TJ; Whalen, E, 2010)
"Unlike many pharmacotherapies for mood disorders, lamotrigine has not been shown to be associated with weight gain."5.12A single-center, double-blind, placebo-controlled evaluation of lamotrigine in the treatment of obesity in adults. ( Merideth, CH, 2006)
"A post hoc analysis was conducted to assess the effects of lamotrigine, lithium, and placebo administration on body weight in obese and nonobese patients with bipolar disorder from two double-blind, placebo-controlled, 18-month studies."5.12Impact of lamotrigine and lithium on weight in obese and nonobese patients with bipolar I disorder. ( Bowden, CL; Calabrese, JR; Ketter, TA; Sachs, GS; Thompson, TR; White, RL, 2006)
"The 2 older FDA-approved treatments for bipolar depression, olanzapine-fluoxetine combination (OFC) and quetiapine (QTP) monotherapy, were efficacious (response NNT=4 for OFC, NNT=6 for QTP), but similarly likely to yield harms (OFC weight gain NNH=6; QTP sedation/somnolence NNH=5)."4.90Balancing benefits and harms of treatments for acute bipolar depression. ( Calabrese, JR; Citrome, L; Dell'Osso, B; Frye, MA; Ketter, TA; Miller, S, 2014)
" Weight gain and pharmacokinetic interaction with lamotrigine are perhaps the most consistent problems in use."4.82Valproate. ( Bowden, CL, 2003)
"We evaluated the serum leptin and insulin as predictors of weight gain in children receiving long-term treatment with valproate (VPA), carbamazepine (CBZ), lamotrigine (LTG)."3.75States of serum leptin and insulin in children with epilepsy: risk predictors of weight gain. ( Fida, NM; Hamed, EA; Hamed, SA, 2009)
"This open-label, cross-sectional study compared (1) endocrine and lipid measures during the early follicular phase of the menstrual cycle; (2) prevalence of menstrual disorders (from patient diaries recorded over three cycles); and (3) body weight of women with epilepsy on lamotrigine monotherapy (n=119) with those on valproate monotherapy (n=103) for <5 years."3.72Higher androgens and weight gain with valproate compared with lamotrigine for epilepsy. ( Ayala, R; Dam, M; Gomez, G; Isojärvi, J; Messenheimer, J; Morrell, MJ; O'Neill, F; Taylor, AE; Tennis, P, 2003)
"Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy is a common idiopathic generalized epileptic syndrome that includes generalized myoclonic seizures and commonly generalized tonic-clonic and generalized absence seizures."2.45The first line of therapy in a girl with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy: should it be valproate or a new agent? ( Abou-Khalil, B; Montouris, G, 2009)
"Weight gain was found to be lower in the elderly for antipsychotic drugs, in particular for olanzapine."1.39Age and adverse drug reactions from psychopharmacological treatment: data from the AMSP drug surveillance programme in Switzerland. ( Baumann, P; Greil, W; Grohmann, R; Häberle, A; Schuhmann, T, 2013)
"Absence status was aggravated with carbamazepine and generalised tonic-clonic seizures were not controlled with ethosuximide."1.36Unilateral continuous subclinical paroxysmal activity: an unusual finding in a patient with recurrent absence status. ( Genton, P; Velizarova, R, 2010)
"Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy is a common, under-recognised form of epilepsy which is best treated with sodium valproate."1.29Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy: diagnosis, management and outcome. ( Buchanan, N; Sharpe, C, 1995)

Research

Studies (17)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-19900 (0.00)18.7374
1990's1 (5.88)18.2507
2000's9 (52.94)29.6817
2010's6 (35.29)24.3611
2020's1 (5.88)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
Buraniqi, E1
Dabaja, H1
Wirrell, EC1
Sidhu, HS1
Srinivas, R1
Sadhotra, A1
Greil, W1
Häberle, A1
Schuhmann, T1
Grohmann, R1
Baumann, P1
Ketter, TA2
Miller, S1
Dell'Osso, B1
Calabrese, JR2
Frye, MA1
Citrome, L1
Hamed, SA1
Fida, NM1
Hamed, EA1
Montouris, G1
Abou-Khalil, B1
Baulac, M1
Leon, T1
O'Brien, TJ1
Whalen, E1
Barrett, J1
Velizarova, R1
Genton, P1
Graovac, M1
Ružić, K1
Rebić, J1
Dadić-Hero, E1
Kaštelan, A1
Frančišković, T1
Biton, V1
Levisohn, P1
Hoyler, S1
Vuong, A1
Hammer, AE1
Bowden, CL2
Morrell, MJ1
Isojärvi, J1
Taylor, AE1
Dam, M1
Ayala, R1
Gomez, G1
O'Neill, F1
Tennis, P1
Messenheimer, J1
Reiss, JP1
Sam, D1
Sareen, J1
Merideth, CH1
Sachs, GS1
White, RL1
Thompson, TR1
Manent, JB1
Jorquera, I1
Franco, V1
Ben-Ari, Y1
Perucca, E1
Represa, A1
Sharpe, C1
Buchanan, N1

Reviews

4 reviews available for lamotrigine and Weight Gain

ArticleYear
Impact of Antiseizure Medications on Appetite and Weight in Children.
    Paediatric drugs, 2022, Volume: 24, Issue:4

    Topics: Anticonvulsants; Appetite; Child; Epilepsy; Humans; Lamotrigine; Weight Gain

2022
Balancing benefits and harms of treatments for acute bipolar depression.
    Journal of affective disorders, 2014, Volume: 169 Suppl 1

    Topics: Acute Disease; Antidepressive Agents; Antipsychotic Agents; Benzodiazepines; Bipolar Disorder; Diben

2014
The first line of therapy in a girl with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy: should it be valproate or a new agent?
    Epilepsia, 2009, Volume: 50 Suppl 8

    Topics: Anticonvulsants; Congenital Abnormalities; Delayed-Action Preparations; Drug Design; Epilepsy, Gener

2009
Valproate.
    Bipolar disorders, 2003, Volume: 5, Issue:3

    Topics: Antimanic Agents; Bipolar Disorder; Drug Interactions; Humans; Lamotrigine; Lithium Compounds; Progn

2003

Trials

5 trials available for lamotrigine and Weight Gain

ArticleYear
Evaluate the effects of long-term valproic acid treatment on metabolic profiles in newly diagnosed or untreated female epileptic patients: A prospective study.
    Seizure, 2017, Volume: 48

    Topics: Adiponectin; Adolescent; Adult; Anticonvulsants; Blood Glucose; Body Mass Index; Cholesterol; Choles

2017
A comparison of pregabalin, lamotrigine, and placebo as adjunctive therapy in patients with refractory partial-onset seizures.
    Epilepsy research, 2010, Volume: 91, Issue:1

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Dizziness; Double-Blind Method; Epilepsies, Partial; Fem

2010
Lamotrigine versus valproate monotherapy-associated weight change in adolescents with epilepsy: results from a post hoc analysis of a randomized, double-blind clinical trial.
    Journal of child neurology, 2003, Volume: 18, Issue:2

    Topics: Administration, Oral; Adolescent; Adult; Anticonvulsants; Body Mass Index; Child; Double-Blind Metho

2003
A single-center, double-blind, placebo-controlled evaluation of lamotrigine in the treatment of obesity in adults.
    The Journal of clinical psychiatry, 2006, Volume: 67, Issue:2

    Topics: Adult; Anticonvulsants; Body Mass Index; Double-Blind Method; Drug Administration Schedule; Female;

2006
Impact of lamotrigine and lithium on weight in obese and nonobese patients with bipolar I disorder.
    The American journal of psychiatry, 2006, Volume: 163, Issue:7

    Topics: Adult; Anticonvulsants; Bipolar Disorder; Body Weight; Comorbidity; Double-Blind Method; Humans; Lam

2006

Other Studies

8 other studies available for lamotrigine and Weight Gain

ArticleYear
Age and adverse drug reactions from psychopharmacological treatment: data from the AMSP drug surveillance programme in Switzerland.
    Swiss medical weekly, 2013, Volume: 143

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; An

2013
States of serum leptin and insulin in children with epilepsy: risk predictors of weight gain.
    European journal of paediatric neurology : EJPN : official journal of the European Paediatric Neurology Society, 2009, Volume: 13, Issue:3

    Topics: Adolescent; Age Factors; Anticonvulsants; Body Mass Index; Carbamazepine; Case-Control Studies; Chil

2009
Unilateral continuous subclinical paroxysmal activity: an unusual finding in a patient with recurrent absence status.
    Epileptic disorders : international epilepsy journal with videotape, 2010, Volume: 12, Issue:4

    Topics: Adult; Anticonvulsants; Brain; Carbamazepine; Diagnosis, Differential; Dose-Response Relationship, D

2010
Weight gain induced with olanzapine in adolescent.
    Psychiatria Danubina, 2011, Volume: 23, Issue:1

    Topics: Adolescent; Anticonvulsants; Antipsychotic Agents; Benzodiazepines; Body Mass Index; Cooperative Beh

2011
Higher androgens and weight gain with valproate compared with lamotrigine for epilepsy.
    Epilepsy research, 2003, Volume: 54, Issue:2-3

    Topics: Adult; Analysis of Variance; Androgens; Confidence Intervals; Cross-Sectional Studies; Epilepsy; Fem

2003
Psychosis in multiple sclerosis associated with left temporal lobe lesions on serial MRI scans.
    Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia, 2006, Volume: 13, Issue:2

    Topics: Adult; Antipsychotic Agents; Benzodiazepines; Delusions; Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; Female;

2006
Antiepileptic drugs and brain maturation: fetal exposure to lamotrigine generates cortical malformations in rats.
    Epilepsy research, 2008, Volume: 78, Issue:2-3

    Topics: Animals; Anticonvulsants; Brain; Cell Count; Cell Movement; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Female

2008
Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy: diagnosis, management and outcome.
    The Medical journal of Australia, 1995, Feb-06, Volume: 162, Issue:3

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Alcohol Drinking; Anticonvulsants; Carbamazepine; Epilepsies, Myoclonic; Female;

1995