Carbamazepine - Therapeutic use
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Oxcarbazepine in combination with Tiaprid in inpatient alcohol-withdrawal--a RCT.

30 Aug 2009 INTRODUCTION: Oxcarbazepine (OXC), a derivative of Carbamazepine (CBZ), may represent a solution to metabolic and side effects of CBZ treatment due to the fact that renal excretion is its major route of elimination. The goal of the study is to ... Read more...

The use of antiepileptic drugs in pediatric brain tumor patients.

30 Aug 2009 Antiepileptic drugs are frequently used in children with brain tumors. This retrospective study reviewed chronic use of antiepileptic drugs in children with brain tumors at two children's hospitals between 2000 and 2007. Antiepileptic drugs were ... Read more...

Neurocysticercosis in the infant of a pregnant mother with a tapeworm.

30 Aug 2009 Taeniasis occurs after ingestion of undercooked pork infected with cysticerci. Most Taenia solium infections are mild; proglottids are rarely noticed in the feces. Cysticercosis develops with ingestion of eggs from a tapeworm carrier. Cysticercosis ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Carbamazepine - Therapeutic use'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Oxcarbazepine in combination with Tiaprid in inpatient alcohol-withdrawal--a RCT. 30 Aug 2009
• The use of antiepileptic drugs in pediatric brain tumor patients. 30 Aug 2009
• Neurocysticercosis in the infant of a pregnant mother with a tapeworm. 30 Aug 2009
• Pregnancy treatment guidelines: throwing the baby out with the bath water. 30 Aug 2009
• Carbamazepine-induced hyperammonemia. 13 Aug 2009
• Prospective study on long-term treatment with oxcarbazepine in pediatric epilepsy. 12 Jul 2009
• 1. Trigeminal neuralgia. 29 Jun 2009
• Digital neuropathy of the median and ulnar nerves caused by Dupuytren's contracture: Case report. 29 Jun 2009
• [Improvement of peduncular hallucinosis by surgical resection and carbamazepin administration in a young patient with pineocytoma] 29 Jun 2009
• A case of Kleine-Levin syndrome with a complete and sustained response to carbamazepine. 14 Jun 2009
• Treatment of hypersexuality in Parkinson's disease with carbamazepine--a case report. 13 Jun 2009
• Which is the best anti-convulsant drug for the treatment of epilepsy in psoriatic or other Th1 mediated skin disease patients? 30 May 2009
• [Severe hyponatremia by oxcarbazepine in an elderly] 30 May 2009
• A novel Nav1.7 mutation producing carbamazepine-responsive erythromelalgia. 30 May 2009
• Treatment of subjective tinnitus: a comparative clinical study of intratympanic steroid injection vs. oral carbamazepine. 30 May 2009
• The effect of carbamazepine treatment on serum leptin levels. 24 May 2009
• [Mood stabilizer in the psychopharmacotherapy of borderline personality disorder] 17 May 2009
• EEG-fMRI coregistration in non-ketotic hyperglycemic occipital seizures. 12 May 2009
• Efficacy of anti-epileptic drugs in patients with gliomas and seizures. 10 May 2009
• Cortical dysplasia with prominent Rosenthal fiber formation in a case of intractable pediatric epilepsy. 6 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Carbamazepine'

Definition: An anticonvulsant used to control grand mal and psychomotor or focal seizures. Its mode of action is not fully understood, but some of its actions resemble those of PHENYTOIN; although there is little chemical resemblance between the two compounds, their three-dimensional structure is similar.

Chemical name: 5H-Dibenz(b,f)azepine-5-carboxamide

Registry Number: 298-46-4

Descriptor UI: D002220

Alternative terms: Carbamazepine; Neurotol; Tegretol; Amizepine; Carbamazepine Acetate; Acetate, Carbamazepine; Epitol; Carbamazepine Hydrochloride; Hydrochloride, Carbamazepine; Carbamazepine L-Tartrate (4:1); Carbamazepine Phosphate; Phosphate, Carbamazepine; Carbamazepine Sulfate (2:1); Carbazepin; Finlepsin; Carbamazepine Dihydrate; Dihydrate, Carbamazepine;

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage; adverse effects; analogs & derivatives; analysis; antagonists & inhibitors; blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemical synthesis; classification; diagnostic use; economics; history; immunology; isolation & purification; metabolism; pharmacokinetics; pharmacology; poisoning; radiation effects; standards; supply & distribution; therapeutic use; toxicity; urine; chemistry; contraindications; agonists;

Pharmacological Action: Analgesics, Non-Narcotic; Anticonvulsants; Antimanic Agents;

Tree Number: D03.494.240.127;

History Note: 72(68)