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	MedlinePlus Drug Information: Carbamazepine
		Carbamazepine is used alone or in combination with other medications to treat certain types of seizures in patients with epilepsy.
		Carbamazepine is in a class of medications called anticonvulsants.
		Carbamazepine is also sometimes used to treat mental illnesses, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, drug and alcohol withdrawal, restless legs syndrome, diabetes insipidus, certain pain syndromes, and a disease in children called chorea.
	www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/druginfo/medmaster/a682237.html (1330 words)

	Carbamazepine
		Carbamazepine is bound to serum proteins to the extent of 70 to 80%.
		Carbamazepine may be used as a monotherapy or as an adjunct to lithium in the treatment of acute mania or prophylaxis of bipolar (manic-depressive) disorders in patients who are resistant to or are intolerant of conventional antimanic drugs.
		Carbamazepine should not be administered to patients with known hypersensitivity to carbamazepine or to any of the tricyclic compounds, such as amitriptyline, trimipramine, imipramine, or their analogues or metabolites, because of the similarity in chemical structure.
	www.mentalhealth.com /drug/p30-t01.html (4427 words)

	carbamazepine (Tegretol) - drug class, medical uses, medication side effects, and drug interactions by MedicineNet.com
		Carbamazepine also is used to treat a painful nerve condition of the face called trigeminal neuralgia. Equetrol is used to treat bipolar disorder.
		Carbamazepine is excreted by the kidney and metabolized by the liver and dosages may need to be lowered in patients with liver or kidney dysfunction.
		Carbamazepine also increases the metabolism (destruction) of the hormones in birth control pills and can reduce the effectiveness of birth control pills.
	www.medicinenet.com /carbamazepine/article.htm (0 words)

	Carbamazepine.com - The official site for Carbamazepine information
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		Carbamazepine is an anticonvulsant and mood stabilizing drug, used primarily in the treatment of epilepsy and bipolar disorder.
		It is also used to reduce or suppress seizuress, treat schizophrenia, trigeminal neuralgia, and relieve certain neurogenic pain such as trigeminal neuralgia.
	www.carbamazepine.com (0 words)

	Tegretol, Carbatrol or Carbamazepine
		Carbamazepine does cause birth defects and all women of child bearing years should be taking extra folic acid to help minimize the risk of neural tube defects.
		Carbamazepine has also been associated with bone mineral loss by some studies although not as severe as that seen with Dilantin®.
		Carbamazepine is widely used for neuropathic pains of all types.
	www.loftusmd.com /Articles/AED/tegretol.html (630 words)

	Carbamazepine
		Carbamazepine (Tegretol) is the most commonly used anticonvulsant in FXS, perhaps because it has a beneficial behavioral effect in addition to the anticonvulsant effect.
		Carbamazepine is an iminostilbine with a tricyclic structure unique among anticonvulsants.
		Carbamazepine is usually given two or three times a day, and side effects may rarely include a rash, hyponatremia, hematopoietic alterations, and liver toxicity.
	www.fragilex.org /html/carbamazepine.htm (650 words)

	Carbamazepine
		Carbamazepine was better than placebo by week 2 with the responder rate (a 50% decrease in YMRS score) favoring carbamazepine (41.5% vs. 22.4%; p =.0074).
		Carbamazepine versus lithium in the prophylaxis of bipolar affective disorder.
		Carbamazepine May Suppress Folic Acid and B-12 Levels: In a study of 25 carbamazepine patients followed for 5 years, folic acid and B-12 levels appeared decreased and may have been the reason for an increased in the size of red blood cells (MCV) and GGT liver enzymes.
	www.modern-psychiatry.com /carbamazepine.htm (1939 words)

	eMedicine - Toxicity, Carbamazepine : Article by Nidhi Kapoor, MD (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Carbamazepine is absorbed erratically after oral administration because of its lipophilic nature.
		Carbamazepine is metabolized primarily in the liver by oxidative enzymes, then is conjugated with glucuronic acid, and finally is excreted in the urine.
		Vander et al reported a case of carbamazepine toxicity that occurred after administration of oxybutynin and an increase in the dose of dantrolene.
	www.emedicine.com /emerg/topic77.htm (3364 words)

	carbamazepine
		Carbamazepine is used primarily in the treatment of acute mania and in the long term control or prophylaxis of Manic Depressive Illness (Bipolar Disorder).
		Though not approved for this indications, Carbamazepine has also been found to be useful in the treatment of withdrawal reactions from alcohol or sedatives/hypnotics, and in the behavior disturbances, such as chronic aggression or impulsivity.
		The dose of carbamazepine is different for every patient and is based on how much carbamazepine is in the blood, as well as the response to treatment.
	www.twilightbridge.com /psychiatryproper/patientinfosheets/carbamazepine.htm (812 words)

	carbamazepine (Tegretol, Carbatrol)
		Thus for almost all patients, carbamazepine is a distant second choice relative to lithium and valproate.
		This is why Trileptal, which is carbamazepine with an extra oxygen (oxcarbazepine) is an important new medication: it does not cause this blood cell problem -- but it's much more expensive than carbamazepine, which is available as a generic.
		Women on BCP’s are at risk of pregnancy when carbamazepine is started and should use additional means of birth control until their cycles are clearly regulated and the dose of carbamazepine is no longer increasing.
	www.psycheducation.org /depression/meds/carbamazepine.htm (827 words)

	Facial Neuralgia Resources: Carbamazepine
		Carbamazepine is an anticonvulsant (epilepsy medicine) and is.
		Carbamazepine is so effective that it has sometimes been used as a marker for determining whether a patient has TN: if a patient does not respond to carbamazepine, then he probably does not have TN.
		Carbamazepine is a dangerous drug if an extreme overdose is taken; death has been known to happen after very large overdoses.
	facial-neuralgia.org /treatments/drugs/carbamazepine.html (1623 words)

	A TREATMENT FOR EPILEPSY
		Oxcarbazepine is very similar to carbamazepine, and is dealt with in the text as for carbamazepine, unless otherwise stated.
		Carbamazepine is also used to help a number of other illnesses such as alcohol withdrawal or alcohol dependence, schizophrenia, withdrawal from benzodiazepines etc.
		Carbamazepine does not usually cause any changes in weight, although in a few people this can happen and can be distressing and difficult to manage.
	www.nmhct.nhs.uk /pharmacy/mood2.htm (2600 words)

	carbamazepine Consumer Drug Information
		Carbamazepine should not be used during pregnancy, but taking the medicine can make birth control pills less effective.
		Carbamazepine is used to treat seizures and nerve pain such as trigeminal neuralgia and diabetic neuropathy.
		Symptoms of a carbamazepine overdose may include shallow breathing, fast heartbeat, nausea, vomiting, urinating less or not at all, muscle twitches, restlessness, seizures, tremors, slurred speech, staggering walk, and feeling light-headed or fainting.
	www.drugs.com /MTM/carbamazepine.html (1886 words)

	Carbamazepine for epilepsy - [Medication]
		Carbamazepine is the medication of choice for children who have partial seizures and one of the drugs of choice for treating adults who have partial seizures.
		Carbamazepine is effective in preventing all three types of partial seizures.
		Carbamazepine may not interfere with your ability to think clearly (cognitive impairment) as much as some other drugs used to treat epilepsy, such as phenytoin.
	www.peacehealth.org /kbase/topic/detail/drug/hw109604/detail.htm (423 words)

	eMedicine - Toxicity, Carbamazepine : Article by Girish G Deshpande, MD, MBBS, FAAP (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Carbamazepine is approximately 75-80% protein bound, and approximately 2-3% is excreted unchanged in the urine.
		Carbamazepine is chemically and stereospatially related to the tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) imipramine; it is spatially similar to phenytoin.
		Carbamazepine causes antagonism at the adenosine subtype A1 receptor and agonism at the adenosine subtype A2 receptor.
	www.emedicine.com /ped/topic2732.htm (3095 words)

	Carbamazepine (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Carbamazepine may decrease the number of blood cells produced by your body.
		Carbamazepine is used alone or in combination with other medications to treat certain types of seizures in patients with epilepsy.
		Carbamazepine comes as a tablet, a chewable tablet, an extended-release (long-acting) tablet, an extended-release capsule, and a suspension (liquid) to take by mouth.
	www.safemedication.com /displaydrug.cfm?id=682237 (1134 words)

	Taro-Carbamazepine CR Drug Information
		Carbamazepine (kar-ba-MAZ-e-peen) is used to control some types of seizures in the treatment of epilepsy.
		Carbamazepine suspension and tablets should be taken with meals to lessen the chance of stomach upset (nausea and vomiting).
		Carbamazepine extended-release capsules do not need to be taken with meals unless they upset your stomach.
	www.drugs.com /cons/Taro_Carbamazepine_CR_Systemic.html (3001 words)

	National MS Society \| Tegretol (Carbamazepine) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Carbamazepine is used to relieve shock-like pain, such as the facial pain caused by trigeminal neuralgia (tic douloureux).
		Carbamazepine adds to the effects of alcohol and other central nervous system depressants that may cause drowsiness (e.g., antihistamines, sedatives, tranquilizers, prescription pain medications, seizure medications, muscle relaxants).
		Carbamazepine passes into breast milk, and the baby may receive enough of it to cause unwanted effects.
	www.nationalmssociety.org /Meds-Carbamazepine.asp (584 words)

	Carbamazepine - Drugs & Vitamins - Drug Library - DrugDigest
		Carbamazepine also treats nerve-related pain such as trigeminal neuralgia, or the pain associated with shingles.
		Carbamazepine may also be used to control certain mood problems, and is used for manic-depressive illness in some people.
		Carbamazepine is often prescribed to children of all ages to treat seizures.
	www.drugdigest.org /DD/DVH/Uses/0,3915,101\|Carbamazepine,00.html (902 words)

	Carbamazepine (Tegretol®), Serum
		Carbamazepine generally is ineffective for absence, myoclonic, and atonic seizures.
		that the dose of carbamazepine cannot be used as a reliable index for predicting the serum concentration of either total or free carbamazepine serum concentrations in children with epilepsy.
		Carbamazepine may interfere with the actions of theophylline, oral contraceptives, oral anticoagulants, or doxycycline.
	www.labcorp.com /datasets/labcorp/html/chapter/mono/td033000.htm (481 words)

	Carbamazepine - multiple sclerosis encyclopaedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Carbamazepine Carbamazepine is a dibenzazepine derivative with antiepileptic, neurotropic and psychotropic properties.
		Carbamazepine is a hepatic enzyme inducer and may increase the metabolism of other drugs.
		Carbamazepine (Tegretol ®) is the drug of choice for trigeminal neuralgia and 70% of patients respond well.
	www.mult-sclerosis.org /Carbamazepine.html (2983 words)

	Tegretol, Carbamazepine - Buy Tegretol
		Therefore, the use of carbamazepine during pregnancy should be discussed with your doctor.
		Carbamazepine passes into the breast milk, and in some cases the baby may receive enough of it to cause unwanted effects.
		It should not be construed to indicate that use of Tegretol, Carbamazepine is safe, appropriate, or effective for you.
	www.247-pharmacy.com /Tegretol.htm (331 words)

	Carbamazepine
		Carbamazepine is not effective in absence, myoclonic or akinetic seizures; exacerbation of certain seizure types have been seen after initiation of carbamazepine therapy in children with mixed seizure disorders.
		Carbamazepine has mild anticholinergic activity; use with caution in patients with increased intraocular pressure (monitor closely), or sensitivity to anticholinergic effects (urinary retention, constipation).
		Carbamazepine is not effective in absence, myoclonic or akinetic seizures; exacerbation of certain seizure types has been seen after initiation of carbamazepine therapy in children with mixed seizure disorders.
	www.metagenics.com /ADAM/41/021200.html (2935 words)

	Introduction to carbamazepine (Basic) : Epilepsy.com
		Carbamazepine (CAR-buh-MAZ-uh-peen) is the generic name (non-brand name) of a widely used type of seizure medicine.
		People who switch from brand-name Tegretol, for instance, to generic carbamazepine possibly risk having more seizures or side effects during the changeover, because the body does not absorb the different types in the same way.
		As the doctor increases the amount of carbamazepine that you take, you may be given a different kind of tablet than the ones you've been taking.
	www.epilepsy.com /medications/b_carbamazepine_intro.html (688 words)

	Carbamazepine ( Tegretol, Epitol ) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Next, historical trends of carbamazepine and the agent's use in acute mania, bipolar depression, and maintenance are reviewed, emphasizing clinical implications of efficacy, safety, tolerability, and drug interactions.
		For some patients, the main challenges to use of carbamazepine may be common drug-drug interactions and increased side effects related to aggressive introduction during treatment of acute manic and mixed episodes.
		Thus, carbamazepine may be a lower priority option for patients who are taking multiple medications, such as elderly individuals with medical comorbidity, due to the potential for drug interactions.
	www.biopsychiatry.com /carbamazapine.html (366 words)

	Tegretol (Carbamazepine) - Buy Tegretol (Carbamazepine) Online Without Prescription Needed at 1meds
		Carbamazepine is sometimes prescribed for other uses; ask your doctor or pharmacist for more information.
		Carbamazepine must be taken regularly for a few weeks before its full effect is felt.
		If you give Carbamazepine to a child, observe and keep a record of the child's moods, behavior, attention span, hand-eye coordination, and ability to solve problems and perform tasks requiring thought.
	www.1meds.com /tegretol.html (661 words)

	Introduction to carbamazepine (Intermediate) : Epilepsy.com
		In other countries, carbamazepine is known by other brand names, such as Carbagen SR, Mazepine, Tegrital, Teril, and Timonil.
		People who switch from brand-name Tegretol to generic carbamazepine, for example, possibly risk having more seizures or side effects during the changeover, because the body does not absorb the different types in the same way.
		Do not mix the liquid form of carbamazepine with any other liquid or take it at the same time as another liquid medication, because a rubbery substance may be produced when it is mixed with some other liquids.
	www.epilepsy.com /medications/i_carbamazepine_intro.html (660 words)

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