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Lamotrigine in Mood Disorders Medscape Aug 2003 Overview in 9 sections. I couldn't get section 4 (efficacy) and section 9 (conclusion) Viewing printview doesn't have this problem. There is now substantial evidence that lamotrigine is also useful in treating resistant depression, rapid cycling bipolar affective disorder, depressive episodes in bipolar affective disorder and in the maintenance phase or prophylaxis of bipolar affective disorder.

Difficult Mood Disorder Successfully Treated; Largest Study Proves Effectiveness Of Lamotrigine For Rapid Cycling Manic-Depression same study

Lamotrigine Effective Mood Stabilizer for Some With Rapid-Cycling Bipolar Disorder medscape Dec 15,2000 though rashes occurred, none were considered serious.
Lamotrigine, Olanzapine Stabilize Mood in Bipolar Disorder medscape, May 2002

Glaxo Wellcome, USA Lamictal Prescribing information available in pdf format

Lamictal Patient Info OnHealth

Use Lamotrigine, Gabapentin in Tx-Resistant Bipolar Medscape

Epilepsy Drug Lamictal Appears Effective For Bipolar Depression
Epilepsy Drug Lamictal Appears Effective For Bipolar Depression Doctor's Guide March 10, 1999 print version of above

News Bipolar Research March 11, 1999  news release

Spectrum of Activity of Lamotrigine in Treatment-Refractory Bipolar Disorder
Joseph R. Calabrese, Charles L. Bowden, Susan L. McElroy, John Cookson, John Andersen, Paul E. Keck, Jr., Linda Rhodes, Carolyn Bolden-Watson, Jing Zhou, and John A. Ascher
Am J Psychiatry 1999;156 1019-1023

Lamotrigine Avoids Weight Gain Seen With Valproic Acid  The anticonvulsant lamotrigine does not appear to cause the weight gain seen in patients with epilepsy who take valproic acid, according to results of a study sponsored by Glaxo Wellcome. medscape reuters news

Basic Mechanisms of Action of New Antiepileptic Drugs Martin Korn, MD medscape lamictal and topiramate Aug 01 2000

Lamictal FAQ Depression Central (direct link on medications page)

Focus on Lamotrigine - a new anti-epileptic Ivan Goldberg 1996 Psychiatry online