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Below are Tegretol (Carbamazepine) reviews, ratings, comments submitted by patients and caregivers. Based on a total of 3 ratings/reviews, Tegretol has an overall score of 2.33. The effectiveness score is 7.33 and the side effect score is 4. The scores are on ten point scale: 10 - best, 1 - worst. This information is not vetted and should not be cosidered as clinical evidence. | | Tegretol review by 47 year old female patient | | | Rating |
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| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | Extremely Severe Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | seizures |
| Dosage & duration: | | 200 mg taken bid for the period of 1 week |
| Other conditions: | | hypothyroidism |
| Other drugs taken: | | Levoxyl | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | No seizures |
| Side effects: | | Sever diarrhea, abdominal pain |
| Comments: | | After increasing dosing frequency to twice daily, abdominal cramping and then severe diarrhea, medication had to be stopped. |
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| | Tegretol review by 52 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | Moderate Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | epilepsy |
| Dosage & duration: | | 600 mg taken once a day for the period of 5 years |
| Other conditions: | | hypothyroid |
| Other drugs taken: | | nature throid | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | i no longer had seizures. i was having a seizure everytime i ate food. my sizure responce was food. |
| Side effects: | | my appetite increases. i gained weight i was tired all the time. i also had balance problems i also had periods of nasuea |
| Comments: | | I was givin an eeg. from that point my doctor decided i needed a fairly high dose It took 30 days before enough tegretol had built up in my system before the seizures were under control. |
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| | Tegretol review by 46 year old female patient | | | Rating |
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| Effectiveness: | | Ineffective |
| Side effects: | | Severe Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | neuropathic pain |
| Dosage & duration: | | 200 mg taken twice a day for the period of 4 months |
| Other conditions: | | migraine |
| Other drugs taken: | | Imitrex | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | There was no benefit for either my neuropathic pain or migraine headaches. |
| Side effects: | | I had massive weight gain. Ten pounds the first month, ten pounds the second month, five pounds the third month and five pounds the fourth month. The weight gain totaled forty pounds. Almost fifteen years later, despite the same healthy diet & exercise that kept me at a healthy weight before, the extra forty pounds of weight is still there. It also made me very tired. |
| Comments: | | I had blood tests for blood levels & blood count every month. |
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