* Customers who buy Tegretol CR also: buy Depakote, buy Keppra, buy Lamictal, or buy Topamax Tegretol CR (generic name: Carbamazepine CR) is a prescription medication with a wide variety of uses. Tegretol CR is used as an anticonvulsant to control seizures in epilepsy. Tegretol CR is also an antidiuretic (reduces urination) to maintain the body's water balance. Tegretol CR is an effective antineuralgic (reduces pain that radiates along nerves) and has uses in treating partial central diabetes insipidus. Tegretol CR has an antipsychotic and antimanic action that makes it a useful drug in treating bipolar disorder. Tegretol CR is also used in patients suffering from alcohol withdrawal to control seizures and tremor and relieve anxiety and help order sleep patterns. In epilepsy, Tegretol CR is effective in reducing partial seizures, generalized tonic-clonic seizures (grand mal epilepsy) and complex seizures. Tegretol CR is used as a pain reliever in trigeminal neuralgia and as an antipsychotic and antimanic medication in the management of bipolar disorder in particular in patients who have a poor tolerance or allergy to lithium. Tegretol CR should always be taken exactly as your doctor instructs.
The most often reported side effects of Tegretol CR are drowsiness, poor co-ordination or unsteadiness, headache, nausea or vomiting, erectile dysfunction, dizziness or vertigo, dry mouth and/or throat, increase in body mass, increased sensitivity of the skin to sun light (burning more easily, rash and/or itching) and loss of appetite. The following side effects associated with Tegretol CR are rarer but more serious and warrant a prompt medical consultation: behavioural changes such as mood swings, depression, irritability, anxiety and/or panic attacks; visual disturbances such as blurring, involuntary and/or continuous back and forth eye movement, double vision, hallucinations and sensitivity to light; increased frequency of urination, sudden decrease in urinary volume, stomach cramps and increase in seizures. If you experience sudden swelling of the mouth, lips, tongue or throat, difficulty in swallowing or breathing seek medical attention urgently.
Do not take Tegretol CR if you are sensitive to tricyclic antidepressants. Do not take Tegretol CR during pregnancy. Furthermore, breast feeding mothers should not take Tegretol CR. Do not use Tegretol CR if you have a history of bone marrow problems, anaemia or pernicious anaemia, glaucoma, heart disease, irregular heart beat (or a history of), liver dysfunction, Porphyria or a history of seizures. Patients with skin diseases such as Stevens-Johnson syndrome may find that using Tegretol CR makes the condition worse and the drug should be used only with extreme caution and close monitoring by a physician. Tegretol CR like most drugs can interact with other medications be they prescribed or over the counter drugs. Tegretol CR and other drugs can also interact with supplements and herbal remedies. It is important to inform you doctor of any and all of these which you take.
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