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" Question Can alcohol be taken with Lamictal or should it be completely avoided?  When I say alcohol I mean perhaps several glasses of white wine.    Answer As you will know, lamotrigine (or Lamictal) is a medication used for the treatment of epilepsy and seizures.  Anyone who suffers from seizures should be careful about their alcohol intake.  However, I have carefully searched the data on this drug and can find no mention of an instruction to avoid alcohol when taking it.  Nevertheless, I am a little concerned when you refer to &amp;#039;several glasses of wine&amp;#039;.  If you are taking several glasses of wine a day, then you may be exceeding the recommended limit for females, which is about 21 units a week (a unit being one glass of wine).  I mention this because too much alcohol can cause liver damage, and because lamotrigine is broken down in the liver, it is not recommended in patients who have liver damage.  If you occasionally have a few glasses of wine on social occasions, however, it looks as though you have little to worry about. Yours sincerely The NetDoctor Medical Team   Other Qs &amp;amp; As Any new drugs for epilepsy? Can epilepsy cause memory problems? Catamenial epilepsy Causes of epilepsy Did my eclampsia cause my seizures? Does my girlfriend have temporal lobe epilepsy? Epilepsy and PMS Epilepsy and sex Epilepsy medication during pregnancy Epilepsy medication side effects Epilepsy worries after head injury Getting a medicine in Romania How will my son come off his epilepsy medication? I think my medication may be causing my gum problems I want to start a family but I&amp;#039;m on medication for epileptic seizures I&amp;amp;#8217;m getting more seizures than I used to Idiopathic temporal lobe infantile epilepsy In utero seizure? Is epilepsy hereditary? Is epilepsy infectious? Is it possible to have abnormal activities in your brain without symptoms? Is it possible to outgrow seizures? Is it safe for my epileptic son to go skiing? Is there a hormonal link between PMS and epilepsy? Is there a link between epilepsy and mental illness? Is this epilepsy? Is Trileptal going to make me impotent? Lamictal and pregnancy Medicines and weight gain My boyfriend has nocturnal seizures My doctor wants to change my epilepsy medicine, but I prefer my present medicine My son suffers from convulsions &amp;amp;#8211; is it epilepsy? Oligodendroglioma Oxcarbazepine and fluoxetine Petit mal PME Pregnancy and epilepsy medication Preventing epilepsy Radiosurgery Should I stop taking my medication? Should I take another anticonvulsant? Strobe lights Subclinical seizures Temporal lobe epilepsy and bipolar disorder Vagus nerve stimulation surgery Want to start a family but not sure that I want to stop my medication Weight gain What symptoms would qualify for a diagnosis of epilepsy? Will I get another nocturnal seizure? Will my boyfriend&amp;amp;#8217;s epilepsy be passed to our unborn child? Will smoking and drinking have an adverse effect on my medication?   Last updated 16.04.2015 "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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