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Below are Tegretol (Carbamazepine) reviews, ratings, comments submitted by patients and caregivers. Based on a total of 2 ratings/reviews, Tegretol has an overall score of 3. The effectiveness score is 10 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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