Drug points: Leucopenia associated with lamotrigine

Abstract

Ms R J NICHOLSON, Dr K P KELLY, and Dr I S GRANT (Western General Hospital, Edinburgh EH4 2XU) write: We report a case of septic shock secondary to leucopenia in a patient receiving lamotrigine for epilepsy. A 35 year old woman who had been diagnosed as epileptic in December 1992 and was taking sodium valproate (400 mg three times daily) and propranolol (40 mg three times daily) for migraine was given lamotrigine in …