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Letter to the Editor
Encephalopathy secondary to lamotrigine toxicity
Encefalopatía secundaria a intoxicación por lamotrigina
Á. Lambea Gil
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alvarolambea@gmail.com

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, R. Caldú Agud, D. Rodríguez Gascón, V. Garayoa Irigoyen
Servicio de Neurología, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain
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Telemetry showed no alterations in cardiac conduction or repolarisation&#44; and an isolated episode of fever &#40;37&#46;8<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#176;C&#41; with no infectious focus&#46; The patient progressively improved&#44; remaining asymptomatic after 48 hours&#46; Results for blood lamotrigine concentration were 17&#46;2<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mg&#47;L&#44; leading us to diagnose metabolic encephalopathy secondary to lamotrigine intoxication&#46;</p><p id="par0040" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Lamotrigine is a phenyltriazine derivative that acts by inhibiting voltage-gated calcium and sodium channels&#46; It also reduces neuronal glutamate release&#44; which affects the serotonergic pathway&#44; inhibiting serotonin reuptake&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0025"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">1</span></a></p><p id="par0045" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">It presents a bioavailability of 98&#37; 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adverse reactions are rare in patients with concentrations &#60; 10<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mg&#47;L&#44; and this value has been proposed as the upper bound of the therapeutic range&#44; according to response&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0035"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3</span></a></p><p id="par0050" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The main adverse reactions affect the central nervous system and the cardiovascular system&#44; due to the drug&#39;s action on the channels responsible for initiating and propagating the action potential in nerves and muscles&#46; Its inhibition of serotonin reuptake would explain the risk of serotonin syndrome&#46; Other reactions include hypersensitivity syndrome with pronounced skin involvement&#46; These side effects have been observed at concentrations from 15&#46;5<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mg&#47;L&#44; but with no clear correlation between blood lamotrigine concentration and clinical toxicity&#46; Furthermore&#44; the concentrations observed seem to differ in patients ingesting the same amount of the drug<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0035"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3</span></a>&#59; some patients may not present toxic effects despite the overdose&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0025"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">1</span></a></p><p id="par0055" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The most frequent neurological presentations are decreased level of consciousness and ataxia&#44; followed by vertigo&#44; confusion&#44; agitation&#44; dysarthria&#44; nystagmus&#44; headache&#44; seizures&#44; and other findings associated with serotonin syndrome&#46; Cardiac effects&#44; which are less frequent&#44; include sinus tachycardia and QRS and QTc widening&#44; with the subsequent risk of arrhythmia&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0025"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">1</span></a> Nausea&#44; vomiting&#44; and exanthema are also frequent&#46;</p><p id="par0060" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">In the case of our patient&#44; altered level of consciousness and sustained spontaneous clonus may be considered part of a serotonin syndrome&#44; fulfilling the Hunter criteria for this diagnosis&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0040"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4</span></a> in addition to lactic acidosis&#44; slight fever with no apparent focus&#44; and isolated leukocytosis&#44; which normalised in the first 24 hours&#46; He also presented other polymorphic neurological symptoms&#44; particularly nystagmus&#44; ataxia&#44; and dysarthria&#46; In terms of cardiac manifestations&#44; he only presented self-limited sinus tachycardia&#46; Although it was not witnessed&#44; the tongue biting and the limited reactivity at baseline may have been associated with a seizure&#44; which is consistent with the paroxysmal convulsive action of overdoses of certain AEDs&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0025"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">1&#44;3</span></a></p><p id="par0065" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Our treatment was exclusively symptomatic due to the time elapsed&#46; However&#44; gastrointestinal decontamination is possible when patients are examined early&#44; although previous protection of the airway is essential due to the risk of decreased level of consciousness and presence of seizures&#46; Other treatments used are alkalinisation with sodium bicarbonate&#44; intravenous lipid emulsions&#44; and even haemodialysis&#44; although published experience is limited&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0025"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">1&#44;3</span></a></p><p id="par0070" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">In conclusion&#44; our case exemplifies the polymorphic presentation of lamotrigine intoxication&#46; Due to the wide array of neurological symptoms and the association with serotonin syndrome&#44; we consider it a good example to illustrate the adverse effects of a frequently used drug that&#44; in the absence of suspicion&#44; may be life-threatening&#46;</p></span>"
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