Carbamazepine

carbamazepine
IUPAC name: benzo[b][1]benzazepine-11-carboxamide Synonyms: carbamezepine Formula: C15H12N2O
Uses:	anticonvulsant
Properties:
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Mass (g/mol): CAS #: 236.2686 298-46-4

Carbamazepine is an anticonvulsant drug used to treat epilepsy, grand mal seizures and psychomotor or focal seizures, neurologic pain, as from trigenimal neuralgia, psychiatric disorders including manic-depressive illness and dementia related aggression. Its three-dimensional structure and action is similar to that of phentoin despite being quite dissimilar chemically. It is also similar to the tricyclic antidepressant medications.

Brand names

Apo-Carbamazepine® Atretol® Biston® Calepsin® Carbamazepen® Carbatrol® Carbazepine® Carbelan® Epitol® Equetro® Finlepsin® Karbamazepin® Lexin® Neurotol® Novo-Carbamaz®

Nu-Carbamazepine® Sirtal® Stazepin® Stazepine® Taro-Carbamazepine® Taro-Carbamazepine Cr® Tegretal® Tegretol® Tegretol Chewtabs® Tegretol Cr® Tegretol-Xr® Telesmin® Teril® Timonil®

Adverse reactions

Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) and Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) may occur in patients with HLA-B*1502 allele who take carbamazepine..

External links

The most up-to-date information about Carbamazepine and other drugs can be found at the following sites.

• Carbamazepine - FDA approved drug information (drug label) from DailyMed (U.S. National Library of Medicine).
• Carbamazepine - Drug information for consumers from MedlinePlus (U.S. National Library of Medicine).
• Carbamazepine - Detailed information from DrugBank.