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Carbamazepine monitoring
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 January 2018
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Background of the study
Rationale for monitoring carbamazepine levels
Carbamazepine fulfils some of the criteria required in order to render a drug suitable for serum level monitoring in that there is poor inter-individual reproducibility of the serum levels achieved with fixed dosage regimes, interbrand differences in bioavailability are known to occur and serum levels can be raised significantly by several commonly prescribed drugs; dextropropoxyphene (a constituent of coprozamol), erythromycin, isoniazid and cimetidine.
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