Carbamazepine

🧮 Dose calculator

Epilepsy (complex partial / absence seizures) · Regimen source: FDA Carbamazepine · Dosage and Administration

• • Increase weekly to response; usually below 35 mg/kg/day; tablets 2–3 times daily. FDA Carbamazepine · Dosage and Administration

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👥 Special populations

• 🤰 PregnancyDangerous / avoid

  Label: can cause fetal harm. Dangerous in pregnancy. FDA Carbamazepine · Precautions/Warnings – Usage in Pregnancy

  “Carbamazepine can cause fetal harm when administered to a pregnant woman.”

• 🤱 BreastfeedingDangerous / avoid

  Label: breastfeeding not recommended, or choose between the drug and breastfeeding. FDA Carbamazepine · Precautions/Warnings – Nursing Mothers

  “Because of the potential for serious adverse reactions in nursing infants from carbamazepine, a decision should be made whether to discontinue nursing or to discontinue the drug, taking into account the importance of the drug to the mother.”

• 👶 ChildrenUse with caution

  The label has conditions, age limits or notes for children; the label sentence is quoted below. FDA Carbamazepine · Precautions/Warnings – Pediatric Use

  “Substantial evidence of carbamazepine's effectiveness for use in the management of children with epilepsy (see INDICATIONS AND USAGE for specific seizure types) is derived from clinical investigations performed in adults and from studies in several in vitro systems which support the conclusion that (1) the …”

• 👴 Older adultsUse with caution

  Label: use with caution in older adults, usually starting at the low end of the dose range. FDA Carbamazepine · Precautions/Warnings – Geriatric Use

  “No systematic studies in geriatric patients have been conducted.”

• ⚥ Females & males of reproductive potentialNo data

  The source for this drug has no section for this group.