Carmaz Medication - Uses & Side Effects
Generic Name: Carbamazepine
Brand Name: Carbatrol, Tegerol, Atretol, Epitol, Depitol
Carmaz Dosage :
- Carmaz is taken two to four times a day.
- Take Carmaz with food or milk. Avoid drinking grapefruit juice or eating grapefruit 1 hour before or 2 hours after taking Carmaz.
Uses of Carmaz:
- Carmaz is used to treat certain types of seizures in the treatment of epilepsy.
- It is also approved for glossopharyngeal and trigeminal neuralgia.
- Carmaz also is used to treat certain psychiatric disorders, drug and alcohol withdrawal, restless leg syndrome, and a disease in children called chorea.
- It also relieves facial nerve pain.
Side Effects of Carmaz:
Some common side effects reported with this medicine include:
- Ataxia.
- Vertigo.
- Drowsiness.
- Vomiting.
- Nausea.
- Allergic skin reactions.
- Eosinophilia.
- Rarely, serious hematologic, hepatic, cardiovascular and dermatologic reactions.
- Allergic skin reactions.
- Edema.
Warnings and precautions before taking Carmaz:
- Plan to avoid unnecessary or prolonged exposure to sunlight and to wear protective clothing, sunglasses, and sunscreen. Carbamazepine may make your skin sensitive to sunlight.
- Tell your doctor and pharmacist if you are allergic to carbamazepine or any other drugs.
- Tell your doctor if you have or have ever had heart, kidney, or liver disease; glaucoma; high blood pressure; or a history of blood clots or blood disorders.
- If you are having surgery, including dental surgery, tell the doctor or dentist that you are taking carbamazepine.
- You should know that this drug may make you drowsy. Do not drive a car or operate machinery until you know how this drug affects you.
- Do not take more or less of it or take it more often than prescribed by your doctor.
Drug Interaction:
- If you are taking certain drugs with Carmaz, then it may be increased, decreased, or altered the effects of Carmaz.
- First consult to your doctor before combining Carmaz medicine with any drugs.
Overdosage:
- After taking Carmaz, If you feel that overdose is suspected, then contact with your doctor immediately.
- US residents can call the US national poison hotline at 1-800-222-1222.
- For non emergencies, contact your local or regional poison control center.
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