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Carbamazepine

Dizziness: case reportA 47-year-old woman started carbamazepine

400–600 mg/day [route not stated] for facial painassociated with trigeminal neuralgia. Two months later, shepresented with dizziness as side effect of carbamazepine[duration of treatment to reaction onset not stated]. Due topersistent pain, epiphora and a pus-like eye discharge, shewas re-diagnosed with lacrimal dacryostenosis mimickingtrigeminal neuralgia, and underwent an intranasaldacryocystorhinostomy. Two days later, carbamazepinewas discontinued [outcome not stated].Tanigawa T, et al. Lacrimal dacryostenosis with severe facial pain misdiagnosed astrigeminal neuralgia. Auris Nasus Larynx 39: 233-235, No. 2, Apr 2012. Availablefrom: URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anl.2011.04.005 - Japan 803069989

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