43 patient evaluations for Carbamazepine with a burden rating of Not at all hard to take

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Sep 14, 2010 (Started Jun 30, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for bipolar disorder)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 400 mg Daily
Cost: $100-199 monthly

  • 0 helpful marks

Sep 8, 2010 (Started Aug 11, 1968)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for epilepsy)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (bleed easily)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 200 mg Daily
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Cost: $50-99 monthly

  • 0 helpful marks

Jun 2, 2010 (Started May 01, 2000)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for seizures (complex partial))
  • Side effects
    Moderate (water retention)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 1800 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: water retention

  • 0 helpful marks

May 12, 2010 (Started Aug 15, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for pain)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 200 mg Daily

  • 1 helpful mark

May 11, 2010 (Started May 03, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for nerve pain (neuralgia))
  • Side effects
    Moderate (fatigue)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 300 mg Daily
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Side effects: fatigue

  • 0 helpful marks

Apr 17, 2010 (Started Jun 15, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for epilepsy)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (weight gain, slow speech (bradyarthria), slowed thinking)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 900 mg Daily
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Cost: $200+ monthly
Side effects: slowed thinking, weight gain, slow speech (bradyarthria)

  • 0 helpful marks

Feb 24, 2010 (Started Feb 24, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for epilepsy)
  • Side effects
    Mild (fatigue)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 1000 mg Daily
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Cost: $25-49 monthly
Side effects: fatigue

  • 0 helpful marks

Feb 1, 2010 (Started Feb 21, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for tonic spasms)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (muscle spasms in legs)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 600 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: muscle spasms in legs

Jan 4, 2010 (Started Feb 21, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for tonic spasms)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 600 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: muscle spasms in legs

Jan 21, 2009 (Started Feb 21, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for tonic spasms)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 600 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: muscle spasms in legs

  • 0 helpful marks

Jan 2, 2010 (Started May 02, 1995)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for epilepsy)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 800 mg Daily
Cost: $50-99 monthly

  • 0 helpful marks

Dec 16, 2009 (Started Apr 02, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for epilepsy)
  • Side effects
    Mild (fatigue, seizures (grand mal or tonic-clonic))
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 1000 mg Daily
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Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: seizures (grand mal or tonic-clonic), fatigue

  • 0 helpful marks
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