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Carbamazepine Treatment Report
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Brand Names:
Carbatrol, Equetro, Novo-Carbamazepine, Tegral, Tegretol, Tegretol CR, Tegretol XR
What is Carbamazepine?
Carbamazepine is an anticonvulsant and mood stabilizing drug, used primarily in the treatment of epilepsy and bipolar disorder. It is also used to treat schizophrenia and trigeminal neuralgia.
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Reasons Taken
134 patients in the community are taking or have taken Carbamazepine.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 29 | 21% |
| Treat my mood condition(s) | 24 | 17% |
| Pain | 22 | 16% |
| Stiffness/spasticity | 11 | 8% |
| trigeminal neuralgia | 7 | 5% |
| Don't know | 4 | 2% |
| Trigeminal neuralgia (tic douloureux) | 2 | 1% |
| Mood swings | 2 | 1% |
| Slow my MS progress | 2 | 1% |
| Neuropathy pain | 2 | 1% |
| disease-related symptoms | 2 | 1% |
| Headache | 1 | <1% |
| Shocklike spasms, tingling | 1 | <1% |
| Tonic spasms | 1 | <1% |
| Depression | 1 | <1% |
| Numbness, tingling, pins & needles (paresthesia) | 1 | <1% |
| Buzzing/vibration | 1 | <1% |
| Cramps | 1 | <1% |
| epilepsy | 1 | <1% |
| Balance problems | 1 | <1% |
| nerve pain | 1 | <1% |
| eye twitching | 1 | <1% |
| Partial seizures | 1 | <1% |
| twitches and jerks | 1 | <1% |
| Severe tingling numbness burning in my feet and hands | 1 | <1% |
| Persistent Migraine Aura without Infarction (Pain) | 1 | <1% |
| Slow my ALS progress | 1 | <1% |
Duration
How long current patients have been taking Carbamazepine or how long patients were taking Carbamazepine before stopping.
Currently taking Carbamazepine
Stopped taking Carbamazepine
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 10 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Can't tell | 100% | 3 |
|---|
Treat my mood condition(s)
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 60% | 6 |
| Mild | 10% | 1 |
| None | 30% | 3 |
Top reported side-effects include: Mood swings, Increased Hunger, Dizziness
Summary results are based on 10 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 10)
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- JesswithMS
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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by JesswithMS
Apr 30, 2003
- EfficacyModerate
- Side-effectsModerate
- Neuropathy pain
- Advice/Tips
- Take medication as prescribed. If you need to stop medication make sure you wean yourself off of the drug according to your doctor due to causing very severe side effects including seizures.
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- spider
- Mouth/throat: mild
- Arms: severe
- Chest: none
- Legs: moderate
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by spider
Aug 23, 2008
- EfficacySlight
- Side-effectsNone
- Slow my ALS progress
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0 helpful marks