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    Carbamazepine (Tegretol)

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    Carbamazepine is an anticonvulsant used to treat epilepsy, acute mania, bipolar disorder, and trigeminal neuralgia. It works by decreasing polysynaptic responses and blocking post titanic potentiation. Common side effects include dizziness, fatigue, skin reactions, and nausea. It can cause blood disorders and interacts with monoamine oxidase inhibitors. Nursing responsibilities include monitoring for seizures, trigeminal neuralgia symptoms, and side effects like headaches or liver problems. Carbamazepine should be taken with food and patients advised to use sunscreen due to photosensitivity risk.

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    Carbamazepine is an anticonvulsant used to treat epilepsy, acute mania, bipolar disorder, and trigeminal neuralgia. It works by decreasing polysynaptic responses and blocking post titanic potentiation. Common side effects include dizziness, fatigue, skin reactions, and nausea. It can cause blood disorders and interacts with monoamine oxidase inhibitors. Nursing responsibilities include monitoring for seizures, trigeminal neuralgia symptoms, and side effects like headaches or liver problems. Carbamazepine should be taken with food and patients advised to use sunscreen due to photosensitivity risk.

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    Carbamazepine is an anticonvulsant used to treat epilepsy, acute mania, bipolar disorder, and trigeminal neuralgia. It works by decreasing polysynaptic responses and blocking post titanic potentiation. Common side effects include dizziness, fatigue, skin reactions, and nausea. It can cause blood disorders and interacts with monoamine oxidase inhibitors. Nursing responsibilities include monitoring for seizures, trigeminal neuralgia symptoms, and side effects like headaches or liver problems. Carbamazepine should be taken with food and patients advised to use sunscreen due to photosensitivity risk.

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    Carbamazepine (Tegretol)

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    Carbamazepine is an anticonvulsant used to treat epilepsy, acute mania, bipolar disorder, and trigeminal neuralgia. It works by decreasing polysynaptic responses and blocking post titanic potentiation. Common side effects include dizziness, fatigue, skin reactions, and nausea. It can cause blood disorders and interacts with monoamine oxidase inhibitors. Nursing responsibilities include monitoring for seizures, trigeminal neuralgia symptoms, and side effects like headaches or liver problems. Carbamazepine should be taken with food and patients advised to use sunscreen due to photosensitivity risk.

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    Nursing

    Name of Drug Classification/Action Indication Adverse Reaction Contraindication Responsibility Parameters


    Generic Name: Classification: Epilepsy, acute Dizziness, ataxia, Hypersensitivity. *Assess for seizures: Pregnancy,
    Carbamazepine Anticonvulsants mania and fatigue, drowsiness, Severe hemic character, location, lactation, initial and
    maintenance skin reaction, disorders. duration, intensity, periodic CBCs,
    Brand Name: Action: treatment of leucopenia, nausea, Atrioventricular heart frequency and liver function tests,
    Tegretol Exact mechanism bipolar affective vomiting, increased y- block. Severe pressure of aura. and urinalysis.
    unknown; appears to disorders to GT, edema, fluid bradycardia. History History of cardiac
    Dosage & decrease polysynaptic prevent or retention, increased of previous bone *Assess for trigeminal hepatic or renal
    Frequency: responses and block attenuate weight, hyponatremia, marrow depression or neuralgia: facial pain dysfunction,
    Adult: 100-200 mg post titanic recurrence. decreased blood a history of including location, adverse
    od or bid. potentiation. Alcohol withdrawal osmolarity, headache, intermittent porphyria. duration, intensity, hematological
    syndrome. accommodation Concomitant use of character, activity that reactions.
    Route of Trigeminal disorders, diplopia, monoamine oxydase stimulates pain. Increased
    Administration: neuralgia, elevated liver inhibitors. Lactation. intraocular
    PO idiopathic gloss enzyme, *Give with food to pressure, latent
    pharyngeal thrombocytopenia, minimize GI irritation. psychosis,
    neuralgia. Diabetic eosinophilia, dry confusion and
    neuropathy. mouth, increased *Advise patient to use agitation, mixed
    Diabetes insepidus blood alkaline sunscreen o prevent seizure disorders.
    centralis. phosphatase, photosensitivity. Elderly. Avoid
    dermatitis, urticarial. abrupt
    *Advise patient not to discontinuation of
    discontinue medication treatment.
    quickly after long-term Neonatal
    use. withdrawal
    syndrome. Road or
    *Check for water machinery users.
    retention, with
    decreased osmolality
    and concentration of
    Na+ in plasma,
    especially in elderly
    patients with cardiac
    disease.

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