Side Effects Of Oxcarbamazepine

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Sandy Says:

Tue, January 27, 2009

I have been taking the this drug from the past 16 years. I started with Carbamazepine. When the drug Oxcarbamazepine was introduced, I was asked to replace Carbamazepine with Oxcarbamazepine. The dose has been increasing since then. When I started taking this dose, I took 200 mg per day. My medical condition remained stable for 25-30 days with the frequency of epileptic attack of 1 attack per month. After this duration, the frequency of attacks increased. When consulted the doctor, he increased the dose. This cycle kept on repeating itself till the dose increased to 1200 mg per day which is the maximum dose an average adult can take per day. After the dosage reached the maximum level, I opted for homeopathy. Before I suffer from epileptic attack, I get a strong feeling which I am not able to control. I felt this feeling for 1-3 seconds and finally lose my consciousness. After 30-50 seconds, I regain my consciousness and I am able to recall everything gradually, who I am, where I am, so on and so forth. The abnormal acts which I make are: getting excited very quickly, losing my temper, acne on my face, very poor retaining power. After I started taking homeopathy, the additional symptoms which arose are bed wetting, level of feeling which I felt before having an attack increased with slow pace. Sometimes I am able to control this feeling and don't lose my consciousness. Currently I am taking 900 mg Oxcarbamazepine along with 10 mg of Clobazam (another drug) and homeopathy as well. But the disease is not getting treated. All the tests and scans (MRI scan,.....) do not detect anything. They come out to be normal.

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Bhavin Says:
Wed, April 29, 2009

Hi Sandy,

Even i am suffering from Epilepsy since 97. I have had 3 attacks till now. It was 97, 05 and 06. I was on carbamazepine till the second attack in 05. I am on oxcarbamazepine 1200 mg/day and Phenobarbital 60 mg/day since 2005. But my body was displaying some ill-effects to Phenobarbital like loss of memory, lack of concentration, giddiness, lethargic, headache and i even have developed migraine with time. Have a look at this -

https://rxchat.com/wiki/Phenobarbital/

I consulted my neuro for this and he has put me on another drug starting today. I do not know how it would react to the new medicine. My CT and MRI also come out to be normal but EEG does show spikes.

Lets hope for the best. Feel free to contact me @ bhavin(dot)shukla(at)gmail(dot)com.

wish u the best,
bhavin

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Irene R Daschel Says:
Wed, July 8, 2009

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Sandeep Kaur Gill Says:
Wed, July 15, 2009

Hello Bhavin

I am suffering from Complex Partial Seizures which fall under Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. See the information on the link

https://rxchat.com/wiki/Temporal_lobe_epilepsy/

I am taking Carbamazepine and Clobazam in the prescribed drugs. Phenobarbital is also prescribed. Which is the new drug prescribed to you and what are its effects which you feel have resulted after its intake?

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