Hiya,
I just wondered if anyone had any advice on this, please. I'm going to have the depo injection tomorrow and I've got epilepsy though I haven't had a seizure in a decade. I'm on 200mg of lamotrigine for the epilepsy. I've been looking up the interactions between the depo and lamotrigine and I'm really undecided as to whether to have the jab or not.
It seems like the hormones in the injection, in some cases, make the liver less effective in breaking down the lamotrigine and visa versa. But, other sites say the depo doesn't make any difference to the lamotrigine. Some websites advise you to just have the depo every 10 weeks instead of every 12 weeks and that sorts out the effectiveness of the contraception. But what about how well the epilepsy medication works?
I'd like to have the depo, but at the same time I really don't want to have a seizure. I'm thinking at the end of the day it will just be a judgement call, do I want to risk it or not.
Does anyone have any up-to-date info or helpful advice on the interaction between the two drugs? I'm in a real muddle.
Thanks very much.
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McPom · 24/03/2015 09:52
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