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A Comparison of the Efficacy and Tolerability of Controlled-Release Carbamazepine with Conventional Carbamazepine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

Z. Dhalla ,
J. Bruni  and
J. Sutton
Z. Dhalla
Affiliation:
Division of Neurology, Wellesley Hospital and the University of Toronto, Toronto and the Tegretol CR® Study Group
J. Bruni*
Affiliation:
Division of Neurology, Wellesley Hospital and the University of Toronto, Toronto and the Tegretol CR® Study Group
J. Sutton
Affiliation:
Division of Neurology, Wellesley Hospital and the University of Toronto, Toronto and the Tegretol CR® Study Group
*
Suite 318, Jones Building, The Wellesley Hospital, 160 Wellesley Street E., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4Y 1J3
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We compared the efficacy and tolerability of controlled-release carbamazepine (CBZ-CR) with conventional carbamazepine (CBZ) in 131 epileptic patients (both men and women, ages 6-65 years) in an open, multicentre, cross-over trial. Patients entered into the trial were previously on CBZ monotherapy or polytherapy. During the first 4 weeks, patients were treated with equivalent daily doses of CBZ and then switched to CBZ-CR for the subsequent 4 weeks. The majority of patients were switched to the more convenient b.i.d. dosing schedule of the controlled-release (CR) preparation without a detrimental effect on seizure frequency or adverse effects. In 44/131 (34%) of patients, the switch to CBZ-CR was accompanied by an improvement in tolerability, primarily due to a reduction in peak-dependent CNS side-effects such as tiredness, double or blurred vision, dizziness and ataxia. At the end of the study, investigators preferred CBZ-CR for 76% of their patients and 70% of the patients preferred CBZ-CR.

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Original Articles
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 18 , Issue 1 , February 1991 , pp. 66 - 68
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Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1991

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