Carbamazepine xr

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Avatar f tn I just went through a terrible experience where the doctor took me off carbamazepine XR and changed me to oxcarbamazepine.... my seizures increased and worst of all, I lost my husband, and now my family accuses me of being incompetent. My entire life is lost. I lost my home, my marriage. The doctors changed me back to carbamazepine and increased the dosage and the seizures have stopped. I have tried every anticonvulsant on the market today. Carbamazepine works the best.
1298230 tn?1286310079 Ive just starting taking carbamazepine and was just wondering how long it takes before the medication starts to have any affect??
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.
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 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 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 am taking 400mg of tegretol xr. it has stopped the pain of a knife being stuck in my ear drum and my eye, but my jaw still aches so hard it feels like it will bust my teeth, and the roof of my mouth and the fronts of my lips burn like heck! these episodes have been lasting 1-4 hours....truly unbearable! Any ideas of pain control please let me know....i am taking Motrin during the day and vicodin at night...
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 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 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.
Avatar f tn yes they said it is trigeminal neurlagia and put in the reccomendation to start the carbamazepine 2x perday.
5544493 tn?1369608788 That's hard to say. Truthfully, which medication works the best depends solely on your genetic make-up. Each medication regiment has to be tailored to the patient. There is no single "med cocktail" that works for everyone, unfortunately. It can take a few years to find the right mix for you or you may luck out and find it quickly.
372366 tn?1284403873 You might talk to your doctor about adding a low dose of amiltriptyline at night or possibly adding carbamazepine. I know that carbamazepine can be used with gabapentin (Neurontin), so it "should be okay with Lyrica. Carbamezepine is FDA-approved in the US for use in Trigeminal Neuralgia, which is one of the most severe nerve-pain syndromes known. It is also approved for use in diabetic neuropathy which can be severe and is often of a burning nature. Take a look at that discussion.
Avatar f tn And does Paxil interact with Diazepam and does paxil interact with carbamazepine? Does carbamazepine interact with diazepam and vice versa? Please help! Write me back! I am a single mom of two small children who is scared that something will happen to me.
Avatar n tn Ahh Pristiq, The new SSNRI. Actualy just a slight tweek on Effexor XR. Interesting fact about Pristiq..... Wyeth's newest Antidepressant medication Pristiq, is actually kind of a sister drug of Effexor XR. In fact in terms of the active ingrediants molecular structure they are about 98% the same. You know why the Drug Company Wyeth would produce a drug so much like Effexor XR?
Avatar m tn Whereas 6 x 200mg of Carbamazepine used to keep things relatively under control, now I am at 17 x 200mg (3,400mg daily) and still suffer from unimaginable pain. My question is: What is the most effective dosing schedule should I use for Carbamazepine? Would that be 4 pills 4 times per day? Or perhaps 5 pills 3 times per day? Or 3 pills 5 times per day (i.e. - Getting up in the middle of the night for a dose.)? I feel right now my schedule is rather willy-nilly...
Avatar n tn Tegretol s the trade name for the drug, Carbamazepine. This drug is mainly used in the treatmen for seizure disorders, trigeminal neuralgia (pain). Dosage is 100-200 mg once or twice daily until unless changed ny a competent physician.