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Carbamazepine Treatment Report
Brand Names:
Tegretol, Tegretol XR, Carbatrol, Tegretol CR, Carbamazepine XR, Karbamazepine
Generic Name: Carbamazepine
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.
See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.
Reasons taken
152 patients in the community are taking or have taken Carbamazepine.
Top 10 (Show all)
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
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| Pain | 28 | 18% |
| Other | 27 | 17% |
| Trigeminal neuralgia | 21 | 13% |
| Stiffness/Spasticity | 15 | 9% |
| Nerve pain (neuropathic pain) | 5 | 3% |
| Numbness, tingling, pins & needles (paresthesia) | 5 | 3% |
| Don't know | 2 | 1% |
| Mood swings | 2 | 1% |
| Slow my MS progress | 2 | 1% |
| Seizures | 2 | 1% |
| Headaches | 2 | 1% |
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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 19 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 80% | 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 20% | 1 |
Other
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 16% | 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 21% | 4 |
| Mild | 26% | 5 |
| None | 37% | 7 |
Top reported side-effects include: Dizziness, Increased fatigue., Sleepiness
Summary results are based on 19 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 19)
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- JesswithMS
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
- See profile
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by JesswithMS
Apr 30, 2003
- EfficacyModerate
- Side-effectsModerate
- Nerve pain (neuropathic 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.
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
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- MSGIRLINME
- Sex: F
- Flare-up: Severe
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
- See profile
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by MSGIRLINME
Jun 26, 2009
- EfficacyModerate
- Side-effectsNone
- Other
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
Report created on November 08, 2009.