Lamotrigine and twin pregnancy, incidental event or possible correlation?
Lamotrigine is frequently used to manage epilepsy during pregnancy. However, some major and minor birth defects are reported with lamotrigine monotherapy. This study is a case series report on 20 epileptic women who were receiving lamotrigine in their pregnancy. Apart from the normal pregnancies and births, in our study three patients gave birth to healthy twins, two vanished twin syndromes occurred and one patient had abortion. Twin pregnancy in association with lamotrigine therapy has not been clearly described before. Our observational study raises the idea that lamotrigine may induce twin pregnancy but larger studies need to investigate the presence or absence of such association more decently.
Motamedi
Mahmoud
M
Sina Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Department of Neurology, Immam Khomini Street, Hassan abad square, Tehran, Iran.
Karvigh
Sanaz Ahmadi
SA
Sahraian
Mohammad Ali
MA
Azimi
Amir Reza
AR
Navardi
Samira
S
D000328:Adult; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000077213:Lamotrigine; D011247:Pregnancy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014227:Triazines / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014427:Twins / Q000187:drug effects*; D055815:Young Adult
D000927:Anticonvulsants; D014227:Triazines; D000077213:Lamotrigine