carbamazepine

carbamazepine
An anticonvulsant; also useful in alleviating the pain of trigeminal neuralgia and other neurogenic pain syndromes.

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car·ba·maz·e·pine .kär-bə-'maz-ə-.pēn n a tricyclic anticonvulsant and analgesic C15H12N2O used in the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia and epilepsy see TEGRETOL

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n.
an anticonvulsant drug used in the treatment of epilepsy and to relieve the pain of trigeminal neuralgia. Common side-effects include drowsiness, dizziness, and muscular incoordination; abnormalities of liver and bone marrow may occur with long-term treatment. Trade name: Tegretol.

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car·ba·maz·e·pine (kahr″bə-mazґə-pēn) [USP] an anticonvulsant and antineuralgic, used in the treatment of pain associated with trigeminal neuralgia and in epilepsy manifested by tonic-clonic and partial seizures, administered orally.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • carbamazepine — n. anticonvulsant drug used to treat epilepsy and to relieve pain related to trigeminal neuralgia …   English contemporary dictionary

  • carbamazepine — [ˌkα:bə meɪzɪpi:n] noun Medicine a synthetic compound used as an anticonvulsant and analgesic drug. Origin 1960s: from carbo + amide, on the pattern of benzodiazepine …   English new terms dictionary

  • carbamazepine — car·ba·maz·e·pine …   English syllables

  • carbamazepine — n. an anticonvulsant drug used in the treatment of epilepsy and bipolar affective disorder and to relieve the pain of trigeminal neuralgia. Common side effects include drowsiness, dizziness, and muscular incoordination; abnormalities of liver and …   The new mediacal dictionary

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