Brand: Novartis

Tegral Tablets 200Mg (1 Box = 5 Strips) (1 Strip = 10 Tablets)

Carbamazepine is a sodium channel blocker

PKR 499.69
PKR 474.71
You save: PKR 24.98
SKU: TEGRAL_TABLETS_200_MG_5X10S_NV
Category: Medicines

Carbamazepine is a sodium channel blocker. It binds preferentially to voltage-gated sodium channels in their inactive conformation, which prevents repetitive and sustained firing of an action potential.

Purpose

Epilepsy

Ingredients

Carbamazepine

Warnings

Eating grapefruit, or drinking grapefruit juice, may increase your chance of experiencing side effects.
Your doctor may want you to have a number of blood tests before you start taking carbamazepine and from time to time during your treatment. This is quite usual and nothing to worry about.
It can make you feel dizzy or drowsy, or may cause blurred vision, double vision, or you may have a lack of muscular coordination, especially at the start of treatment or when the dose is changed. If you are affected in this way, or if your eyesight is affected, you is advised to not drive or operate machinery.

Side Effects

Up to 1 in 10 people have experienced: Changes in the blood including an increased tendency to bruise or bleed; fluid retention and swelling; weight increase; low sodium in the blood which might result in confusion; headache; double or blurred vision; dry mouth. Up to 1 in 100 people have reported: Abnormal involuntary movements including tremor or tics; abnormal eye movements; diarrhoea; constipation. Up to 1 in 1,000 people have reported: Disease of the lymph glands; folic acid deficiency; a generalised allergic reaction including rash, joint pain, fever, problems with the kidneys and other organs; hallucinations; depression; loss of appetite; restlessness; aggression; agitation; confusion; speech disorders; numbness or tingling in the hands and feet; muscle weakness; high blood pressure (which may make you feel dizzy, with a flushed face, headache, fatigue and nervousness); low blood pressure (the symptoms of which are feeling faint, light headed, dizzy, confused, having blurred vision); changes to heart beat; stomach pain; liver problems including jaundice; symptoms of lupus.

Storage Instructions

Store this medicine at room temperature, away from direct light and heat.

Brand Novartis
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