Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An anticonvulsant drug, C15H12N2O, used to treat certain forms of epilepsy and to relieve pain associated with trigeminal neuralgia.

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  • noun An anticonvulsant drug used in the treatment of epilepsy.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[carbam(oyl) + (benz)azepine, one of its constituents (benz(o)– + az(o)– + ep(oxide) + –ine).]

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Examples

  • Topamax & Carbamazepine (anti-seizure medications used to treat depression and bipolar disorder; Topamax is also commonly used to treat migraines) "There are two medicines here that are basically used as mood stabilizers in psychiatry - and that's the Topamax and the carbamazepine, which is also known as Tegretol," said Holland.

    FOXNews.com 2009

  • Medication includes anticonvulsants such as carbamazepine and phenytoin, although pregnant women should not take these medications.

    eHow - Health How To's 2010

  • The child had no seizure history or previous exposure to carbamazepine.

    Carbamazepine 2010

  • Within 26-48 hours of the toxic ingestion, the patient's vital signs stabilized and the plasma level of carbamazepine decreased to 4.4 mcg./ml.

    Carbamazepine 2010

  • Plasma level of carbamazepine upon admission was 29.8 mcg./ml.

    Carbamazepine 2010

  • Scattered cases reports suggest a role for flumazenil in the reversal of ethanol intoxication15,16,17 and in carbamazepine poisoning. 17,18 Scientific investigation has yet to confirm or disprove the value of flumazenil in these situations.

    Flumanazil 2010

  • Tegretol carbamazepine put him in the hospital with an adverse reaction contrary to the long list of possible side effects.

    Knowing Jesse Marianne Leone 2010

  • Tegretol carbamazepine put him in the hospital with an adverse reaction contrary to the long list of possible side effects.

    Knowing Jesse Marianne Leone 2010

  • Because this new data suggests a possible association between HLA-B*1502 and phenytoin or fosphenytoin-induced SJS/TEN, and because of the known association between phenytoin and SJS/TEN, healthcare providers should consider avoiding phenytoin and fosphenytoin as alternatives for carbamazepine in patients who test positive for HLA-B*1502.

    Archive 2009-01-01 GreenFertility 2009

  • From the 07 alert where have they been all this time? for a DIFFERENT drug, carbamazepine:

    Caution for Asians on epilepsy drug GreenFertility 2009

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