Medically reviewed by Mary Choy, PharmD Key Takeaways Tegretol and Lamictal are prescription medications used to help control seizures in people with epilepsy.Lamictal is used to treat both seizures ...

WASHINGTON The Food and Drug Administration has announced that manufacturers of drugs containing the active ingredient carbamazepine have agreed to add the recommendation that before starting therapy ...

BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- The Food and Drug Administration is advising healthcare professionals to screen Asian patients for a certain genetic trait before prescribing the anticonvulsant drug ...

A new generic product is making its debut from Upsher-Smith. The company is launching carbamazepine extended-release tablets, which are available in three dosage strengths — 100 mg, 200 mg and 400 mg.

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 71-year-old woman in generally good health. The only prescription drugs I take are carbamazepine for seizures and ibandronate for osteoporosis. I’ve taken carbamazepine since ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 71-year-old woman in generally good health. The only prescription drugs I take are carbamazepine for seizures and ibandronate for osteoporosis. I’ve taken carbamazepine since ...

HealthDay News — For warfarin-treated patients, carbamazepine co-treatment is associated with subtherapeutic anticoagulative effect and increased warfarin dose requirements, according to a study ...

All-cause mortality was significantly lower in people with post-stroke epilepsy treated with continuous lamotrigine (Lamictal) monotherapy compared with people who received carbamazepine (Tegretol), ...

Taro Pharmaceutical Industries (NASDAQ:TARO) says it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval to make and market chewable Teril carbamazepine tablets USP in 200 mg doses. Teril is ...

Bipolar disorder is a mental illness that can include mood swings from extreme highs to the depths of depression. Most people have more than one of these “episodes” of dramatic mood shifts. There can ...