Carbamazepine
Transcript of Carbamazepine
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SCarbamazepine
Myoclonus: case reportA 68-year-old woman developed myoclonus during
treatment with carbamazepine [indication not stated]. Shereceived carbamazepine at 600 mg/d [route not stated]. Shedeveloped severe myoclonus involving her trunk and limbs[duration of treatment to reaction onset not stated].Carbamazepine was discontinued and her myoclonusregressed.
Author comment: "[T]he patient developed severemyoclonus, involving trunk and limbs, in association withtreatment with CBZ."Teodoro T, et al. Parkinsonism, myoclonus and focal signs in non-ketotichyperglycemic chorea. European Journal of Neurology 21 (Suppl. S1): 669 abstr.PP4121, May 2014. Available from: URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ene.12497/abstract [abstract] - Portugal 803104980
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