FDA: Aseptic Meningitis Risk with Use of Seizure Drug Lamictal

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Title: FDA: Aseptic Meningitis Risk with Use of Seizure Drug Lamictal

FDA: Aseptic Meningitis Risk with Use of Seizure Drug Lamictal
Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:31:00 -0500

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today warned that the drug Lamictal (lamotrigine), approved to treat seizures and bipolar disorder, can cause aseptic meningitis, an inflammation of the protective membranes (meninges) that cover the brain and spinal cord not caused by bacterial infection.

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