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What is Carbamazepine?

Carbamazepine is an anticonvulsant used to treat partial and mixed seizure patterns, generalized tonic-clonic seizures and trigeminal neuralgia. Off label it is used to treat resistant schizophrenia, alcohol withdrawal, restless leg syndrome and post traumatic stress disorders.

Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
7 15%
Moderate
12 25%
Mild
12 25%
None
17 35%

Most commonly reported side effects

Increased fatigue
13 27%
Sleepiness
10 21%
Dizziness
8 17%
Constipation
7 15%
Mood swings
3 6%
Double vision (diplopia)
2 4%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Carbamazepine. See all 29 dosages

  100 mg/5 mL daily 200 mg all the time (24/7) 200mg as needed 400 mg as needed 400mg as needed daily 1 mg daily 2 tbs. daily 40 mg daily 100 mg/5 mL daily 100 mg daily 200 mg daily 2 x 100 mg/5 mL daily 300 mg daily 3 x 100 mg/5 mL daily 400 daily 400 mg daily 500 mg daily 600 mg daily 6 x 100 mg/5 mL daily 700 mg daily 750 mg daily 800 mg daily 900 mg daily 1000 mg daily 1200 mg daily 1400 mg daily 1600 mg daily 1700 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 14 Number of Patients: 14 31 Number of Patients: 31 2 Number of Patients: 2 9 Number of Patients: 9 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 46 Number of Patients: 46 2 Number of Patients: 2 24 Number of Patients: 24 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 26 Number of Patients: 26 4 Number of Patients: 4 4 Number of Patients: 4 10 Number of Patients: 10 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Carbamazepine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice
25 34% Doctor's advice: 34%
Side effects too severe
25 34% Side effects too severe: 34%
Did not seem to work
17 23% Did not seem to work: 23%
Other
14 19% Other: 19%
Course of treatment ended
4 5% Course of treatment ended: 5%
Not indicated
3 4% Not indicated: 4%
Personal research
2 3% Personal research: 3%
Expense
1 1% Expense: 1%

See all 71 patients who’ve stopped taking Carbamazepine

Currently Taking Carbamazepine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
4
9
17
22
22
44

Stopped Taking Carbamazepine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
15
13
12
6
10
15

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
41 85%
Usually
7 15%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
4 8%
Somewhat
8 17%
A little
6 13%
Not at all
30 63%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
2 4%
$25-49
6 13%
< $25
23 48%

See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.

Report created on November 20, 2009.