• Molecular NameLamotrigine
  • SynonymGW 273293; Lamotrigina [Spanish]; lamotrigine; Lamotriginum [Latin]
  • Weight256.096
  • Drugbank_IDDB00555
  • ACS_NO84057-84-1
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  • LogP (experiment)1.497
  • LogP (predicted, AB/LogP v2.0)2.12
  • pka5.7
  • LogD (pH=7, predicted)2.11
  • Solubility (experiment)0.17 mg/ml
  • LogS (predicted, ACD/Labs)(ph=7)-2.4
  • LogSw (predicted, AB/LogsW2.0)0.08
  • Sw (mg/ml) (predicted, ACD/Labs)1.01
  • No.of HBond Donors4
  • No.of HBond Acceptors5
  • No.of Rotatable Bonds1
  • TPSA90.71
  • StatusFDA approved
  • AdministrationN/A
  • PharmacologyAn anticonvulsant drug used in the treatment of epilepsy and bipolar disorder. For epilepsy it is used to treat partial seizures, primary and secondary tonic-clonic seizures, and seizures associated with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. Lamotrigine also acts as a mood stabilizer.
  • Absorption_value98.0
  • Absorption (description)Lamotrigine is readily and virtually completely absorbed, reaching peak concentrations in approx. 1.5 to 5 h.
  • Caco_2N/A
  • Bioavailability97.6
  • Protein binding56.0
  • Volume of distribution (VD)0.87~1.2 L/kg
  • Blood/Plasma Partitioning ratio (D_blood)N/A
  • MetabollsmLamotrigine is eliminated primarily by glucuronidation. The parent-metabolite pair may undergo enterohepatic recycling.
  • Half life24~35 h
  • ExcretionApprox. 2% is eliminated in faeces. The amount of unchanged drug excreted is 30% greater in Gilbert’s Syndrome.
  • Urinary Excretion10
  • Clerance0.38~0.61 ml/min/kg
  • ToxicityNo serious toxicity in a patient who took 1.35 g of lamotrogine and was subsequently treated with gastric lavage and activated charcoal [N.A. Buckley et al.,Lancet,1993, 342, 1552–1553]. Similarly a patient who ingested between 4 and 5 g was admitted to hospital with coma which lasted 8 to 12 h followed by recovery over the next 2 to 3 days. Another patient who ingested 5.6 g was found unconscious and recovered after treatment with activated charcoal and sleeping for 16 h.
  • LD50 (rat)LD50=250 (mg/kg)
  • LD50 (mouse)LD50=250 (mg/kg)