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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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See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.
Reasons Taken
95 patients in the community are taking or have taken Carbamazepine.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 25 | 26% |
| Pain | 22 | 23% |
| Stiffness/spasticity | 11 | 11% |
| trigeminal neuralgia | 7 | 7% |
| Don't know | 3 | 3% |
| Mood swings | 2 | 2% |
| Trigeminal neuralgia (tic douloureux) | 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% |
| Shocklike spasms, tingling | 1 | 1% |
| Balance problems | 1 | 1% |
| twitches and jerks | 1 | 1% |
| eye twitching | 1 | 1% |
| Severe tingling numbness burning in my feet and hands | 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 4 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 100% | 1 |
|---|
trigeminal neuralgia
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 75% | 3 |
| Mild | 0% | 0 |
| None | 25% | 1 |
Top reported side-effects include: Mood swings, Increased Hunger, Dizziness
Summary results are based on 4 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 4)
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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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- katonah
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: None
- Cognition: none
- Vision: none
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: mild
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by katonah
Oct 29, 2008
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsModerate
- Stiffness/spasticity
- Advice/Tips
- Has worked well for me, especially for most of my nerve pain.
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