Carbamazepine therapeutic range

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Avatar n tn very good they are continuing research, rna interference was discovered years ago by a US company but after this discovery it was bankrapt because other durg makers sueing them, don t remember why i only remember they stopped everythign and even website of this company dissapered so rnai research continued in israel and other countries outisde US, i am very happy to know that research is being conitued in china/australia where infuence of US drug makers is close to zero, especially china rnai
Avatar f tn Hi all, saw MS nurse yesterday and told her about my muscles cramping and leg and foot spasms. She has suggested I start carbamazepine to see if it helps. 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.
1204528 tn?1588786333 Maybe the carbamazepine, did you try it's derivative with fewer side effects called oxcarbazepine? Might as well be symptom of anxiety.
740140 tn?1232426714 What is the normal range for Troponins? How high or low can it be? I know this is involves with testes for heart. Recently, my mom in emergency room for chest pain. They run many testes for her. The testes are stress test, ECG, and Echo. I am just curious about Troponins and would like to know more about it. Thank you!
Avatar f tn I take Carbamazepine for ATN and have a new, rare reoccurring rash on my legs. My Dr. says they are not related, but when I researched it there were a few articles that indicated Carbamazepine could cause the rash.
Avatar f tn Hi, sorry you're experiencing all those symptoms, migraines can cause all sorts of problems, i was prescribed Carbamazepine for L'hermittes symptoms but i didn't tolerate it very well, I did experience dry mouth/throat along with few other unpleasant side effects, It makes sense to start with the lower dose and build up but I would discuss with your GP again if your not sure.
Avatar m tn Lithium is one of those meds that you just have to play with. It's a trial and error type of med. Honestly, even a level of 0.9 is not therapeutic for bi-polar disorder. It should be at least 1.0 if not up to 1.5. And 0.6 is definitely not therapeutic. I was on 1500mg of Lithium once daily, extended release, and I still wasn't at a therapeutic range. Everyone is different. My metabolism just happens to metabolize lithium at a higher rate than it does for others. That might be your issue.
Avatar f tn My jaw clamps shut and awaken with sore tongue. I was put on Carbamazepine at night to stop involuntary movements, twitches and this also has stopped me from biting my tongue at night. Im wondering if it could be a mild form of epilepsy in that the drug has stopped it. Anyone one else experience this?
Avatar f tn It started with absence seizure and at the age of 17 he started having convulsions. He has been on carbamazepine 1600 mg per day for 8 years aND had seuzures at an average of twice per year. Last year after marriage the frequency increased. Thrice in 3 months. We went to a different doc. He said that he had primary generalized seizure or a right right frontal focus with hemispheric bisynchrony. He also said that carbamazepine is not right medication for it so slowly changed it to kepra.
Avatar f tn My seizures were under control for a couple of years even thought my blood results said I was not within the therapeutic range. I moved out of state and my new doctor wanted to increase my dose's so I would fall with the range. I did not care at the time and let her raise my dose. Talking with my new neurologist who is the Newsome chair of epileptology and director of the Epilepsy Program told me that in short the therapeutic range is different for everyone.
Avatar n tn Hi, my girlfrien is 19 years old, she´s messial temporal sclerosis post neucisticercosis and she´s epileptic, she´s taking carbamazepine (1gr/day even somedays she doen´t take the complete dosis because she´s student and the sleepiness interfer with her studdies). i would like to know if she may have any seizure during the sex?
Avatar n tn I have no idea but my understanding is that the carbamazepine blood levels may be increased by the prozac (fluoxetine) which can lead to carbamazepine toxicity. 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.
Avatar f tn My private neurologist, who I went to see once, suggested me to stop carbamazepine, but my public neurologist suggested me not to change the medication. I have been cutting down on the carbamazepine, from 600g to 200g a day. My double vision has improved A LOT., and just experienced tongue numbness and ‘cloudy’ mind more often. I had only one attack after the change of medication. On that occasion, I didn’t sleep all night because of an allergic reaction to Ciproxin..
Avatar f tn After joining the Forum and learning about the importance of FT3, I got mine tested and found that even though my FT4 was very high in the range, my FT3 was very low in the range. After a med change to a combo T4/T3 med, my dosage has been tweaked until now FT4 is .90 (range is .60 - 1.50) and my FT3 is 3.8 (range is 2.3 - 4.2). I did not take meds until after the blood draw. Testing also showed a low level of Vitamin D, which is quite common with hypothyroidism, so I supplement that.
Avatar f tn Your TSH really hardly moved. TSH can change by as much as 70% just depending on the time of day the blood was drawn. It's still above range, and AACE recommended many years ago that TSH range be changed to the much more reasonable 0.3-3.0. FT3 and FT4 are much more important than TSH, especially once on meds. The target for FT4 is about 50% of range. Yours is at 24%. Target for FT3 is 50+% of range, and yours is 16%. So, you are still hypo.
Avatar f tn It helps us in identifying whether the drug is in a therapeutic range or not. The decision of dosage adjustments depends on the doctor’s discretion and varies person to person. Do write to us again with more information. Take care and good luck!
Avatar m tn I only take 600mg lithium a day and my levels range from 0.5 to 0.7 which is well within the therapeutic range. Each person takes a different amounts and what is a good dosage for one person could send another person toxic or leave their blood lithium levels too low.
Avatar n tn hi, i had suffered from partial seizures when i was 13 years old . i soon started carbamazepine ( 600 mg).i was diagonosed with a cyst in the brain( doc said due to a parasite's egg reaching the brain, neurocysticercosis) .After a year i gradually stopped the course and was fine for 7 months when i had a partial seiure again. this time the mris showed that the cyst had vanished( i had taken sm meds fr that in the beginning) and my eeg was normal too. i started carbamazepine again.
Avatar n tn i had a therapeutic abortion one week ago when i was 17 weeks pregnant because the baby has a multiple congenital anomalus.i don't have D&C procedure.i am fine and everything go fine but my breasts secrets milk.i took DOSTINEX which is prolactin inhibitor.i am afraid that the abortion may affect my fertility.i wish to get pregnant again so i don't take any contraceptives.i am waiting the blood to stop to have sex again.my question is...
Avatar f tn My 18 year old daughter was almost totally resistant to the repeated rounds of SoluMedrol (5 days each time), so in the last two months, she has been hospitalized twice for PLEX (also called TPE, or Therapeutic Plasma Exchange). Each time, a Shiley catheter was implanted in her right internal jugular vein (neck), and she received 7 every other day Plasma Exchange. The first round in October, she had spectacular recovery, but that only lasted for 2.5 weeks.
Avatar m tn For very stupid reasons I ingested 10 pills of what I think are 200mg Carbamazepine release tablets on Monday night. And now my hearing is different (I hear everything on a lower note) and my head is really spinning. How long will I have to wait for this to stop ? If it can help I'm a 17 year old male and the imprint on this white pill was T26.
Avatar n tn t get in to the neurologist for another 3 weeks. I have already been on Neurontin so they added carbamazepine. She gave me some Vicodin for two days worth while the carbamazepine builds up... but so far, I'm still in constant pain that the Vicodin only barely relieves.