63 patient evaluations for Carbamazepine

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Nov 18, 2010 (Started Nov 07, 2008)

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

Nov 3, 2010 (Started Oct 03, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for seizures (grand mal or tonic-clonic))
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 800 mg Daily
Cost: $50-99 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Sep 3, 2009 (Started Aug 03, 1990)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for seizures (grand mal or tonic-clonic))
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 800 mg Daily
  • 0 helpful marks

Nov 2, 2010 (Started Jan 01, 2001)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for seizures (grand mal or tonic-clonic))
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (problems concentrating, forgetfulness, short term memory problems)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 1000 mg Daily
Side effects: short term memory problems, forgetfulness, problems concentrating, problems concentrating
  • 0 helpful marks

Mar 10, 2010 (Started Oct 10, 1990)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for epilepsy)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 800 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: For many years Tegratol seemed to help my mood and concentration level, a lot..
Cost: $25-49 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Oct 6, 2010 (Started Jan 01, 1989)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for epilepsy)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (facial hair excessive)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 900 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: it works great for me ..
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: facial hair excessive
  • 0 helpful marks

Sep 21, 2010 (Started Jun 10, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for epilepsy)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (dizziness, sleepiness)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 600 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: i make sure to drink lots of water and get lots of sleep
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: sleepiness, dizziness

Aug 19, 2010 (Started Jun 10, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for epilepsy)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (dizziness)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 600 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: its an older generation of therapy but it still works and is cheap. takes a good 3 weeks to get used to medication.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: sleepiness, dizziness
  • 0 helpful marks

Sep 14, 2010 (Started Jun 30, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for bipolar disorder)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 400 mg Daily
Cost: $100-199 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

May 12, 2010 (Started Aug 15, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for pain)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 200 mg Daily
  • 1 helpful mark

Aug 10, 2010 (Started Jan 13, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for trigeminal neuralgia)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 100 mg Weekly
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks
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