Posted by Binger on February 9, 2004, at 13:08:03
In reply to Re: Info on oxcarbazepine - Thanks!, posted by medlib on April 23, 2002, at 2:44:07
Just wanted to throw a little info in--I've done a bit of research on Trileptal lately. First, It IS Tegretal with an extra oxygen molecule added. The Tegratol I would be very cautious about starting, one thing I've read about is it really likes to kill white blood cells, your infection fighting cells(Think HIV). The oxygen attached to Trileptal seems to prevent this. The biggest reason I've read about for stopping Trileptal is rash, but there are a lot of other effects. Some people have none, or problems like dizzines, naseau, clumsiness, stuttering--but a lot of times they go away after a week or two. My starting dose-300 mg- had no side effects, but after increasing it to 600 mg I felt a very strange intoxification, naseau, memory problems,and probably clumsiness--I don't know cause I can't remember before--all I know is I have a lot less dishes lately. Keep in mind that this is a very light dose, 600 mg is usually as low as they go, but I have a milder case of epilepsy. I have to say though, most side effects have gone away from medicinal use of an herbal anti-naseau-anti-convulsant, yeah you know the one. One site that had good info was www.psycheducation.org/depression/meds/trileptal.htm -----------------ignore the extra the--it won't go away. the .
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