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-== Citation Needed Regarding Suddenly Stopping Then Resuming ==
-Prior to my editing the article, it read "The manufacturer states that nearly all cases appear in the first 2 to 8 weeks of therapy and if medication is suddenly stopped then resumed at the normal dosage." The first part of this ("...in the first 2 to 8 weeks of therapy") is clearly stated in the prescribing information. However, the rest of the statement has two problems. First, the word "and" makes it unclear (does it imply that we're still in the first 2 to 8 weeks, or is stopping/resuming outside of the first 2 to 8 weeks also dangerous). The second problem is that the prescribing information does not clearly state anything regarding the specific dangers of stopping/resuming. The closest I can find regarding where the article might have sourced this from is "Patients should be advised to notify their physician if they stop taking LAMICTAL for any reason and not to resume LAMICTAL without consulting their physician." Because of this statement in the prescribing info, my assumption is that stopping/resuming outside of the first 2 to 8 weeks is also dangerous, and thus I changed the "and" to "or". But the statement doesn't clearly tie stopping/resuming to the skin reactions, so that's why I added the Citation Needed template. [[User:Gmporr|Gmporr]] ([[User talk:Gmporr|talk]]) 10:05, 27 August 2014 (UTC)