Carbatrol (Carbamazepine Extended-Release) - updated on RxList
(Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs)
Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs - February 8, 2017 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Epitol (Carbamazepine Tablets) - updated on RxList
(Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs)
Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs - February 1, 2017 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Equetro (Carbamazepine XR) - updated on RxList
(Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs)
Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs - November 14, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
How Can Melatonin Be Used to Help Sleep?
Discussion
Sleep is regulated by the homeostatic sleep drive and the circadian system which controls periods of activity and inactivity throughout the day. The circadian rhythm is slightly longer than 24 hours in humans and is controlled by the hypothalmic suprachiasmatic nucleus. When the circadian system and the external environment are misaligned, such that sleep occurs outside of normal times, a circadian rhythm sleep disorder can occur.
Everyone experiences disturbances of sleep throughout their lifetime. During adolescence, there is a normal physiologic change so that there is a shift to a later sleep phase for adol...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - June 27, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Once-daily eslicarbazepine equals twice-daily carbamazepine for controlling partial-onset seizures
VANCOUVER – Once-daily eslicarbazepine may offer a more convenient option for controlling newly diagnosed partial-onset seizures, suggest findings of a phase III trial reported at the annual meeting... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - April 21, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Once-daily eslicarbazepine equals twice-daily carbamazepine for controlling partial-onset seizures
VANCOUVER – Once-daily eslicarbazepine may offer a more convenient option for controlling newly diagnosed partial-onset seizures, suggest findings of a phase III trial reported at the annual meeting... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - April 21, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Once-Daily Epilepsy Drug Equivalent to Twice-Daily DrugOnce-Daily Epilepsy Drug Equivalent to Twice-Daily Drug
A new study shows eslicarbazepine acetate is equivalent in efficacy to twice-daily carbamazepine monotherapy. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines - April 21, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news
Vegetables irrigated with treated wastewater expose consumers to drugs
A new study shows that eating vegetables and fruits grown in soils irrigated with reclaimed wastewater exposes consumers to minute quantities of carbamazepine, an anti-epileptic drug commonly detected in wastewater effluents. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - April 18, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Once-Daily Epilepsy Tx Shows Promise
(MedPage Today) -- Eslicarbazepine non-inferior to twice-a-day carbamazepine (Source: MedPage Today Meeting Coverage)
Source: MedPage Today Meeting Coverage - April 18, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Vegetables irrigated with treated wastewater expose consumers to drugs
(The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) A new study by a multidisciplinary team of researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Hadassah Medical Center shows that eating vegetables and fruits grown in soils irrigated with reclaimed wastewater exposes consumers to minute quantities of carbamazepine, an anti-epileptic drug commonly detected in wastewater effluents. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - April 18, 2016 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Thirteen years of oxcarbazepine exposures reported to US poison centers: 2000 to 2012 - Spiller HA, Strauch J, Essing-Spiller SJ, Burns G.
OBJECTIVES: Oxcarbazepine (OXC) is a 10-keto analogue of carbamazepine used in patients with partial and secondary generalized seizures. We evaluated ingestions of OXC reported to US poison centers for adverse effects from supratherapeutic doses and/or ove... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 18, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Therapeutic plasma exchange in poisoned patients
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Therapeutic plasma exchange in poisoning: 8 years’ experience of a university hospital. Disel NR et al. Am J Emerg Med 2015 Oct;33:1391-1395.
Abstract
In therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE), blood is removed from the body, and plasma is separated from components such as RBCs, WBCs, and platelets. Those components are re-infused along with a replacement fluid such as fresh-frozen plasma or albumin. This procedure is usually used to removed pathological immunoglobulins in various conditions such as thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.
There have been some case reports and small case series on the us...
Source: The Poison Review - November 8, 2015 Category: Toxicology Authors: Leon Tags: Medical apheresis plasma exchange poisoned patient toxicology Source Type: news
Risk factors and the outcome of therapy in patients with seizure after carbamazepine poisoning: a two-year cross-sectional study - Yaraghi A, Eizadi-Mood N, Salehi M, Massoumi G, Zunic L, Sabzghabaee AM.
OBJECTIVE: We aimed to investigate the frequency of seizure after acute carbamazepine poisoning and the important risk factors related to the outcomes of therapy. METHODS: In this two-year cross-sectional study conducted in a University Hospital in... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - February 28, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Hemodialysis in acute methanol poisoning: is there really good evidence?
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Recommendations for the Role of Extracorporeal Treatments in the Management of Acute Methanol Poisoning: A Systematic Review and Consensus Statement. Roberts DM et al. Crit Care Med 2015 Feb;43:461-472.
Abstract
The Extracorporeal Treatment in Poisoning (EXTRIP) Workgroup was established to provide evidence-based guidance on the use of hemodialysis and other methods of extracorporeal treatment in various toxic exposures. The workgroup has published previous papers giving their recommendations regarding poisoning by acetaminophen, lithium, carbamazepine, barbiturate, tricyclic antidepressants, and thall...
Source: The Poison Review - February 17, 2015 Category: Toxicology Authors: Leon Tags: Medical evidence-based recommendations extracorporeal treatment extrip hemodialysis methanol toxic alcohol Source Type: news
Genetic screening prevents carbamazepine-induced SJS/TEN
(Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News)
Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News - December 1, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
