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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
4 19%
Moderate
5 24%
Mild
6 29%
None
6 29%

Most commonly reported side effects

Sleepiness
6 29%
Constipation
6 29%
Increased fatigue
5 24%
Dizziness
3 14%
Mood swings
2 10%
Irritability
2 10%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Carbamazepine. See all 17 dosages ►

  100 mg/5 mL daily 200 mg all the time (24/7) daily 100 mg/5 mL daily 100 mg daily 200 mg daily 300 mg daily 400 mg daily 500 mg daily 600 mg daily 700 mg daily 750 mg daily 800 mg daily 900 mg daily 1000 mg daily 1200 mg daily 1400 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 7 Number of Patients: 7 2 Number of Patients: 2 19 Number of Patients: 19 1 Number of Patients: 1 9 Number of Patients: 9 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 11 Number of Patients: 11 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 5 Number of Patients: 5 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
9 47% Doctor's advice: 47%
Did not seem to work
8 42% Did not seem to work: 42%
Side effects too severe
6 32% Side effects too severe: 32%
Other
3 16% Other: 16%
Course of treatment ended
1 5% Course of treatment ended: 5%
Not indicated
1 5% Not indicated: 5%

See all 19 patients who’ve stopped taking Carbamazepine

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Carbamazepine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
6
7
6
7
11

Stopped Taking Carbamazepine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
6
2
3
3
1
4

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
17 81%
Usually
4 19%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
4 19%
Somewhat
6 29%
A little
4 19%
Not at all
7 33%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
2 10%
$25-49
1 5%
< $25
12 57%

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

Report created on November 23, 2009.