63 patient evaluations for Carbamazepine

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Sep 15, 2007 (Started Jul 01, 2001)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for epilepsy)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (loss of thirst, myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, low white blood cell count (leukopenia), low testosterone, uveitis, lactose intolerance, non-celiac gluten intolerance, food allergy, loss of thirst, iritis, decreased appetite)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 1600 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I became much less lucid and had major difficulties carrying out everyday activities. I had to stop work.

Sep 15, 2006 (Started Jul 01, 2001)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for epilepsy)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (loss of thirst, myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, low white blood cell count (leukopenia), uveitis, lactose intolerance, non-celiac gluten intolerance, food allergy, loss of thirst, iritis, decreased appetite)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Dosage: 600 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Owing to escalating food intolerances, I asked consultant if drugs could be withdrawn. They suggested I switched to Oxycarbazepine.
  • 0 helpful marks

May 14, 2005 (Started Jul 29, 1999)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for epilepsy)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (feels like something on right side of throat)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 600 mg Daily
Cost: $25-49 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Aug 1, 2011 (Started Jan 01, 2004)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for epilepsy)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (restless feeling in legs)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Advice & Tips: kept having break through seizures
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Jun 1, 2011 (Started Mar 15, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for bipolar I disorder)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Never taken as prescribed
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 800 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Reccommended medication for Bipolar- I have had episodes whilst taking this. Don't like having to take long term chemicals/
Cost: $25-49 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Jul 7, 2011 (Started Jan 01, 1976)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for epilepsy)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (double vision (diplopia))
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: double vision (diplopia)

Jan 1, 1980 (Started Jan 01, 1976)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for epilepsy)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (double vision (diplopia))
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 400 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: double vision (diplopia)
  • 0 helpful marks

May 10, 2001 (Started Jan 01, 1982)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for epilepsy)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Advice & Tips: It worked very well for a long time. At my request, under my doctor's care, I stopped taking it to see if I could do without medicine for my epilepsy. I could not. He put me back on the tegretol, but I became toxic on it at any dose.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Feb 8, 2011 (Started Mar 01, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for epilepsy)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (weight gain, swelling of extremities)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 1200 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: still have convulsions
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: swelling of extremities, weight gain

Mar 17, 2010 (Started Mar 01, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for epilepsy)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 1200 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: just follow perscriptions your doctor gives you
Cost: $25-49 monthly
Side effects: swelling of extremities, weight gain
  • 0 helpful marks

Dec 3, 2010 (Started Apr 12, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for nerve pain (neuralgia))
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 400 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Didn't really fell much effect.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Dec 10, 2010 (Started Jul 10, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for epilepsy)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 600 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: For ME the generics work well.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Nov 30, 1989 (Started Oct 19, 1964)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for epilepsy)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Never taken as prescribed
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 100 mg Daily
  • 0 helpful marks
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