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Sunday, October, 25, 2009

Carbamazepine

FDA cautions Asians about carbamazepine

October 03, 2008
People of Asian descent should get a genetic blood test before using medications that contain carbamazepine, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says. The test will determine if these patients are at risk for rare, but serious, skin reactions. Carbamazepine is the active ingredient in such meds as Carbatrol, Equetro, and Tegretol, which treat epilepsy, bipolar disorder, and neuropathic pain. Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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FDA Alert for Antiepileptic Drugs (Also Used for Fibromyalgia, Migraines, Neuropathic Pain, etc.)
By Karen Lee Richards , Health Expert

...conditions. The drugs included in the analyses include:Carbamazepine (marketed as Carbatrol,... Read more »

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How Does Huntington's Dementia Differ From Alzheimer's?
By Christine Kennard , Health Expert

...beta-blockers) mood stabilizers (such as lithium, valproate, carbamazepine) Prognosis for... Read more »

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Folate and Deplin: Effective Treatments for Depression?
By Chris Ballas, M.D. , Health Expert

...medications, especially seizure meds such as valproate, carbamazepine and to some degree... Read more »

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Mania & Medication Choices
By Jerry Kennard , Health Expert

...There are other effective forms of medication such as carbamazepine and valproate (divalproex)... Read more »

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Sexual Dysfunction in Women Living with Multiple Sclerosis
By Lisa Emrich , Health Expert

...sometimes be relieved with gabapentin (Neurontin®), carbamazepine (Tegretol®), phenytoin... Read more »

Health Guide

Bipolar Depression: What are the treatments and drugs used to treat bipolar disorder?
...episodes. First line medications for the acute phase of bipolar disorder include lithium, valproate, carbamazepine, lamotrigine, and olanzapine. The medications function to stabilize mood and are... Read more »
Migraine Preventives: Some To Carry New Suidicality Warning
...The drugs included in the analyses include (some of these drugs are also available in generic form): carbamazepine (Carbatrol, Equetro, Tegretol, Tegretol XR) felbamate (Felbatol) gabapentin... Read more »
Depression Issues: How is depression treated?
...the standard manic depression treatment and the anticonvulsants valproate (trade name Depakote) and carbamazepine (trade name Tegretol) stabilize mania and depression in many people. Clozapine... Read more »
Risk of Suicidal Thoughts Linked to Anticonvulsant Medications
...(suicidal behavior or ideation) from 199 placebo-controlled clinical studies of 11 of these medications: Carbamazepine (Carbatrol, Equetro, Tegretol, Tegretol XR) Felbamate (Felbatol) ... Read more »
Topamax: topiramate
...taking any other prescription or over-the-counter medications, especially: Acetazolamide (Diamox) Carbamazepine (Tegretol) Dichlorphenamide (Daranide) Oral contraceptives Phenytoin (Dilantin)... Read more »

Medications

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Carbamazepine is used to prevent and control seizures. This medication is known as an... Read more »

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......chemistry, kidney and liver function tests, eye exams, carbamazepine blood levels) should be... Read more »

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......chemistry, kidney and liver function tests, eye exams, carbamazepine blood levels) should be... Read more »

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Carbamazepine is used to prevent and control seizures. It is known as an anticonvulsant or... Read more »

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Carbamazepine is used to prevent and control seizures. It is known as an anticonvulsant or... Read more »

Related News

Health Canada issues advisory about bipolar, epilepsy med
October 03, 2008

Health Canada has issued an advisory about carbamazepine, a drug used to treat epilepsy, mania, bipolar disorder, and the facial disorder trigeminal... Read summary »

Epilepsy Drug bad for the Bones
May 05, 2008

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Young women who suffer from epilepsy may want to steer clear of the drug phenytoin (Dilantin). A new study out of Columbia... Read summary »

Epilepsy Drug & Autism
December 18, 2008

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The cause of autism remains a mystery to the medical community, but researchers have found a link between an epilepsy drug and... Read summary »