63 patient evaluations for Carbamazepine

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Feb 24, 2010 (Started Feb 24, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for epilepsy)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (fatigue)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 1000 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Seems to be keeping therapeutic levels more stable than Epitol (generic).
Cost: $25-49 monthly
Side effects: fatigue
  • 0 helpful marks

Apr 2, 2009 (Started Nov 24, 2001)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for epilepsy)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (fatigue)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 1000 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: The only generic Carba. that worked. Not sure what manufacturer it was.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: fatigue
  • 0 helpful marks

Dec 16, 2009 (Started Apr 02, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for epilepsy)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (fatigue, seizures (grand mal or tonic-clonic))
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 1000 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Had a breakthrough seizure (grand mal) with this generic on December 16, 2009, then another early the next morning in the E.R. (this one should've never happened).
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: seizures (grand mal or tonic-clonic), fatigue
  • 0 helpful marks

Apr 17, 2010 (Started Jun 15, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for epilepsy)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (weight gain, slow speech (bradyarthria), slowed thinking)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 900 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: A year ago I was taking Keppra, and Lamictal plus a trial unknown medication. I had more sizures these past two years than all my life. It was decided that my seizures are chemical opposed to electircal and I was being over medicated. I asked to get back on Tegretol. My Neurologist took me off of the other meds and started me on Carbatrol. I am not as tired being that I am not taking 3 types of antiseizure meds. My only other major concern is not having a reliable medical insurance, and not being able to pay for meds some months. It is nice to be mostly seizure free. I had lost my driving license last year, and now have the privellage back.
Cost: $200+ monthly
Side effects: slowed thinking, weight gain, slow speech (bradyarthria)
  • 0 helpful marks

Feb 1, 2010 (Started Feb 21, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for tonic spasms)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (muscle spasms in legs)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 600 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: muscle spasms in legs

Jan 4, 2010 (Started Feb 21, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for tonic spasms)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 600 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: muscle spasms in legs

Jan 21, 2009 (Started Feb 21, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for tonic spasms)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 600 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: muscle spasms in legs
  • 0 helpful marks

Jan 2, 2010 (Started May 02, 1995)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for epilepsy)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 800 mg Daily
Cost: $50-99 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Feb 9, 2008 (Started Feb 08, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for epilepsy)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (rashes (redness, swelling))
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Dosage: 100 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: It caused my throat to go totally raw and caused me to become ill within one day of taking it...
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: rashes (redness, swelling)
  • 0 helpful marks

May 24, 2010 (Started Oct 11, 1999)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for epilepsy)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Dosage: 200 mg Daily
Cost: $100-199 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Nov 2, 2009 (Started Oct 11, 1999)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for epilepsy)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Dosage: 2 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Taking the medicine was no problem, but it did make me tired and I didnt like that.
Cost: $50-99 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Jun 2, 2010 (Started May 01, 2000)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for seizures (complex partial))
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (water retention)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 1800 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: water retention
  • 0 helpful marks
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