63 patient evaluations for Carbamazepine

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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

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

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Advice & Tips: Owing to escalating food intolerances, I asked consultant if drugs could be withdrawn.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

Nov 30, 2011 (Started Nov 08, 2011)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for bipolar II disorder)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (vomiting, nausea and vomiting)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 300 mg Daily
  • 0 helpful marks

Jul 21, 2011 (Started Jan 03, 2011)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for seizures)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 100 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Jan 26, 2012 (Started Sep 06, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for epilepsy)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (slow movement (bradykinesia), tiredness, shakiness)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 1200 mg Daily
  • 0 helpful marks

Feb 20, 2012 (Started Jan 15, 2000)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for epilepsy)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (short term memory problems, word fishing, weight gain, decreased sex drive (libido))
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 800 mg Daily
Cost: $50-99 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Jun 10, 2006 (Started Jun 20, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for trigeminal neuralgia)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
  • 0 helpful marks

Mar 19, 2012 (Started Jul 31, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for epilepsy)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (drowsiness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 1200 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: This medication is used for several different ailments. Including bipolar, schizophrenia. This medication is at the max for any adult , 1200mg day and still does not work side by side with keppra. It is supposed to affect the left temporal lobe and stop seizures where it starts, i give it a 0 out of 10.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Mar 27, 2012 (Started Nov 15, 1987)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for epilepsy)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (sleeplessness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 400 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: get them blister packed, its helped me alot, can look at the pack and confirm if ive taken them or not
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks
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