Is it better to take lamotrigine at night?

Contact your healthcare provider or other emergency medical services right away if you develop a skin rash, blistering or peeling of your skin, hives, painful sores in your mouth or around your eyes or other signs of a drug allergy (such as a fever or swelling of your lymph nodes) while taking lamotrigine. This could signal you are having a serious side effect to lamotrigine which may result in hospitalization or cause death. Continue reading

Medication-induced hair loss represents a significant concern for patients across multiple therapeutic categories. While chemotherapy drugs are most commonly associated with severe hair loss, many commonly prescribed medications-including antibiotics, psychiatric drugs, cardiovascular agents, and hormonal therapies-can also cause this distressing side effect.

Not being able to sleep (also called insomnia) is one of the most common side effects reported by people taking Cymbalta. In some people, this side effect improves after a couple of weeks of taking Cymbalta, but difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep can persist in others. Here are some ways you can improve sleep while taking Cymbalta:

• Take your dose of Cymbalta in the morning. Cymbalta may be given once a day or twice a day but for those people experiencing insomnia, it should be taken just once a day in the morning
• Swallow Cymbalta capsules whole; do not crush, chew, or open up the capsules and sprinkle them on food because this may cause Cymbalta to be absorbed more quickly than intended, increasing the risk of side effects such as insomnia...