Title of article :
Combined Leucopenia and Thrombocytopenia Are Possibly Adverse Events of Lamotrigine
Author/Authors :
EBRAHIMI, HOSSEIN ALI Clinical Neurosciences Research Center - Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran , ZAHEDI, MOHAMMAD JAVAD Department of Gastroenterology - Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
Abstract :
Hematological side effects are rare with lamotrigine. We report two cases (two men; 46 years old and 65
years old) with epilepsy that developed combined leucopenia and thrombocytopenia after receiving low
dose lamotrigine for a time. Three weeks after discontinuing lamotrigine, all of the hematological
abnormalities disappeared. We suggest that combined leucopenia and thrombocytopenia is one of the
side effects of lamotrigine that must be considered.
Keywords :
Lamotrigine , Epilepsy , Hematological side effects , Leucopenia , Thrombocytopenia , Combined leucopenia , thrombocytopenia
Journal title :
Astroparticle Physics
