Posted by Sobriquet Style on June 20, 2006, at 5:48:12
In reply to Re: Stevens-Johnson, posted by Jost on June 19, 2006, at 23:34:19
>So don't google this disease.
When I had a mooth sore and decided to google images, I felt quite relieved. I only had to look at the images on google to realize that my mouth sore - was a mouth sore and not SJS. When dealing with medications that can cause side effects, whether mild, moderate or severe, its very likely people will continue to find out about disease related to medications they are taking.
>We've probably got things to worry about, and this isn't one of them.
Different people worry about different things. Some people are curious to learn, what other people worry about for example or choose not to learn.
I think in general, the sexual side effects of prozac are very common, with Lamictal any skin issue is very common too, think I remember 1 in 10 will have something skin related, itching etc (may even be more than 1 in 10) but basically it isn't seriously life threatening but it if does bother someone enough eg you already have sensitive skin and are prone to eczema anyway, then dis-continuing is an option to rid the problem.
>SJS and TEN, on the other hand, have an incidence rate of about 4.6 per 1,000,000 person years. That seems to mean (I couldn't find a really good definition, so I'm somewhat guessing) that there are 4.6 cases per 1 million people per year (between the ages of 20 and 60--somewhat more before twenty and after 60).
The overall incidence of lamotrigine-induced serious rash is approximately 0.3 percent in adult patients with epilepsy receiving adjunctive therapy, and this risk seems to be largely confined to the first months of treatment.
Exact rates of Stevens-Johnson syndrome with lamotrigine are not known, but are reported as 0.02 percent in adults
http://dermatology.cdlib.org/111/correspondence/lamotrigine/famularo.html
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