Carbamazepine Treatment Report
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Brand Names:
Carbatrol, Equetro, Novo-Carbamazepine, Tegral, Tegretol, Tegretol XR
Generic Name: Carbamazepine
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
73 patients in the community are taking or have taken Carbamazepine.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 22 | 30% |
| Pain | 19 | 26% |
| Stiffness/spasticity | 10 | 13% |
| Don't know | 3 | 4% |
| trigeminal neuralgia | 2 | 2% |
| Mood swings | 2 | 2% |
| disease-related symptoms | 2 | 2% |
| Neuropathy pain | 2 | 2% |
| Slow my MS progress | 2 | 2% |
| Numbness, tingling, pins & needles (paresthesia) | 1 | 1% |
| Buzzing/vibration | 1 | 1% |
| Trigeminal neuralgia (tic douloureux) | 1 | 1% |
| Balance issues | 1 | 1% |
| Shocklike spasms, tingling | 1 | 1% |
| eye twitching | 1 | 1% |
| twitches and jerks | 1 | 1% |
| Persistent Migraine Aura without Infarction (Pain) | 1 | 1% |
| Headache | 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 2 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 100% | 1 |
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Other
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 50% | 1 |
| Mild | 50% | 1 |
| None | 0% | 0 |
Top reported side-effects include: Mood swings, Dizziness, Increased Hunger
Summary results are based on 2 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (1 of 2)
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- JesswithMS
- Sensation: severe
- 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.
- See full evaluation
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