Lamictal: Bi-Polar Anti-Depressant Causing Deaths

Lamictal is an anti-seizure drug that is now being prescribed for bi-polar depression. The precise mechanism of action by which it works is unknown. Lamictal has been prescribed for years for seizures and now is gaining popularity for use in severe cases of depression, inspite of the fact that it causes “severe, potentially life-threatening rashes” in one out of every 500 patients to whom it is given and “rare deaths have been reported.”

Most patients who receive this drug are not told of the severity of the risks, but are merely told to look out for any suspicious rashes. How could a rash be life-threatening anyway? The truth is that the rash is merely an outward manifestation of a toxic reaction that is causing tissue breakdown and death throughout the body. If the drug is not stopped immediately it will kill you.

Test tube studies suggest that Lamictal modulates the release of excitatory amino acids, (e.g., glutamate and aspartate) and may therefore boost the mood elevating neurohormones. Additionally, Lamictal has been found to be a weak inhibitor of the brain receptors for the calming neurohormone Serotonin. Both of these effects may result in elevated sense of mood.

The problem is that every time you take the drug you are playing Russian roulette. There is a safer more effective way to balance your neurohormones. Using the excitatory amino acid nutritional supplement L-Tyrosine. I would certainly not subject my patients to a 1 in 500 risk of developing a life-threatening side-effect. To cure the problem you have to find out what is causing the imbalance. I recommend testing your Neurohormones and then taking the appropriate nutritional building blocks necessary to restore the optimal balance. The body is the healer. It just needs you to feed it the building blocks.

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