Carbamazepine side effects pregnancy

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4971738 tn?1390565384 It's a first line drug for bipolar, but it can have nasty side effects, which you won't know until you take it. Some side effects go away after a few weeks or months. The thing to be careful about is that it interacts with a lot of things, including birth control pills. It speeds up some of your liver enzymes, which makes most drugs processed by that system less effective (there are some exceptions). Read the patient leaflet very carefully, and use something like drug.
1204528 tn?1588786333 The interactions with carbamazepine are usually suggesting a decrease levels/effects in the drugs taken with carbamazepine (hepatic metabolic induced). Looks like it's not the case with carbamazepine and diclofenac. I checked interactions with carbamazepine + diclofenac epolamine topical/diclofenac ophtalmic/diclofenac potassium/diclofenac sodium/diclofenac topical.
Avatar f tn Im wondering if anyone has been on this and if it works. What sort of side effects it has? I see this would be used in trigeminal neuralgia too, which I think Ive had a couple of attacks already.
Avatar f tn Drinking alcohol as it can increase some of the side effects of Tegretol, and can also increase your risk of seizures. Avoid exposure to sunlight or tanning beds. It can make you sunburn more easily. Be cautious when in the sunlight. Grapefruit and grapefruit juice may interact with it and lead to unwanted side effects. Discuss this with your MD. Obviously your physician ordered this medication for good reason. I am not an MD and do not question your physician's wisdom.
Avatar n tn Combining fluoxetine or paroxetine with phenytoin can also lead to increased phenytoin side effects and reduce blood levels of paroxetine. You really need to discuss the potential drug interactions with your own doctor.
5544493 tn?1369608788 If the side effects look scary, go look up the full side effects profile for an OTC drug you use often (like ibuprofen), which will give you an idea of how scary the full side effects profiles sound.
Avatar m tn Thank you so much for your response Dr Hagan! I was reading something about the side effects of Carbamazepine on Drugs.com and it mentioned the more common side effects to be blurry vision, double vision. Is the double vision mentioned the true diplopia where everything is doubled and not the ghosting kind? Again thank you Dr Hagan! I'll be taking a test in a few hours.
1298230 tn?1286310079 She prescribed Tegretol 200mg to start. I was supposed to start last night however I am a little scared of what kind of side effects I will experience from this medication. I left a message for my doctor to call me back as I would like to see if I could cut the pill in half to take only 100mg to start. I would appreciate if you or someone can share their experience taking this medication.
Avatar f tn She has gained a bit of weight but is not experiencing any other side effects. However, since starting the drug she has struggled with her swim performance. As she is also starting puberty, I am unsure if the weight gain and her swim performance is related to this or as a result of the medication. As epilepsy is also new to us we are unsure if the condition itself once treated effects sports performance. Has anyone got experience of taking this drug whilst taking part in competitive sport.
Avatar f tn ) I hardly notice it when not, well, drinking. Maybe a mix of alcohol effects and medicinal side effects all creating one not-good feeling day. Well, I think the simple solution is not to drink when you're on 6+ medications!! Again, thanks for the time and info rumpled.
Avatar f tn m wondering if my doctor could prescribe something to help with my overactive bladder so I could keep taking the Lexapro or if I should just take something else instead. Lexapro is good in ways because it produces fewer side effects than any other SSRI med that I've tried and I've tried many of them. What do you think?
1080243 tn?1262975363 Often, though you may need to work through several to find just the right fit between releif and side effects. If any of you are being treated for chronic nerve pain please, please read the two Health Pages on this topic. "Pain - a Primer" and "General Principles of Treating Neuropathic Pain" both written by a pain management doctor that visited here. http://www.medhelp.org/health_pages/Multiple-Sclerosis/Nerve-Neuropathic-Pain---A-Primer/show/371?
608526 tn?1300956781 Yes it was Carbamazepine (Tegretol) he he he. It's been a long time since I've taken them. I'm only taking the gabapentin now because of side effects. But these are making me so loopy that I don't know what to do. I do still suffer with stabbing pains, some numbness etc. on the 300mg per day because I'm not taking enough, but then I can't drive because of the loopiness! LOL Tegretol was bad for me.
Avatar n tn in both cases the treatment in Phenytoin and no known to me (till now a treatment to over count its side effects from gingival hypertrophy to the respiratory problems). As you are well fixed on this drug, no need to investigate for surgery neither to switch to Valproate or to Carbamazepine (in some cases patients can mix them to decrease the use of the Phenytoin and its side effects).
Avatar n tn I prefer to not get on the chemical merry-go-round if at all possible, which require more medications and so forth and go the naturopathic route as that has no side effects, so is there a natural regimen I can take for the problem?
Avatar f tn I have done some research on these two medications mainly on there side effects. A decision will be made on this once I have been to have an EEG.
Avatar f tn Can anyone (ive had many helpful communications) who has undergone this treatment, PLEASE tell me of their after effects/side effects from the infusion and how long they all lasted along with the severity of them please? Im on my 4th full day after treatment and seem to keep getting hit by new problems without any of the others disappearing.
730826 tn?1317943334 Im not vomiting any more but still am nausious. Its been a month since then. Can the side effects last this long or is there another reason for the nausea?
Avatar f tn Hi birdy-my son has been on tegretol for his epilepsy- he gained 20 lbs in less than 1month, and had bouts of dizziness; we discontinued tegretol because of these unbearable side effects, we tried many more meds until we found keppra, which has been a blessing! Seizure control and no adverse side effects!
Avatar f tn I was just thinking about the pain during labor and im super nervous on what i should do.me and pain dont get along! Are the side effects from a epidural really bad and do it last a lifetime ?
Avatar n tn Do you think it wise bringing a baby/ child into that environment? It's a hard call and one only you (?and your husband, partner, so) can make in consultation with your own doctor. I knew someone in a similar situation and she tried to harm her fetus while pregnant and later her daughter attempted suicide (due to the environment the mother raised her in). Are you in therapy to help address the anxiety?
Avatar f tn Iv always suffered with constipation and it gets so much worse during pregnancy it's unreal, haven't had BM in 2 weeks now (sometimes it's longer). I took 1 dulcolax tablet on Monday night, woke up at 4am with stomach cramps. It's been 2 days and the diarrhea is just going away but iv still not had a bowel movement. Went to see a gastro doctor yesterday who prescribed me Docusate 100mg (Colace).