Tegretol User Reviews & Ratings (Page 5)

Tegretol has an average rating of 6.8 out of 10 from a total of 78 reviews on Drugs.com. 59% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 22% reported a negative experience.

Reviews for Tegretol

Mighty...
Taken for 6 months to 1 year
August 19, 2019

"At first it made me feel better but now after six months is has taken my will live away. It's ruined my vocabulary and my wrecked my short term memory. Not Suitable for Bi polar 1"

1 / 10

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JJJOO
April 7, 2016

For Trigeminal Neuralgia "Excruciating pain in ear since June .Been on tegretol since. From 600mg to 1200 Then surgery. Still having pain. Still on 900mg"

4 / 10

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23 Report

Anonymous
July 11, 2010

For Trigeminal Neuralgia "Made me exhausted everyday (wanted to sleep 24-7) and had changes to menstrual cycle."

3 / 10

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Anonymous
April 4, 2009

For Bipolar Disorder "My only real problem with my bipolar disorder is my aggressiveness and this medicine like the other 13 I've been on does nothing for it."

5 / 10

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anaisu
Taken for 1 to 6 months
September 5, 2015

For Bipolar Disorder "It kinda helped me in addition to my abilify, but since I have type 2 bipolar disorder, I just felt sleepy and knocked out all the time. Not the best of times."

4 / 10

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22 Report

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saba
Taken for 1 to 6 months
March 14, 2016

For Bipolar Disorder "it helped with the mania , but i was always drowsy and could not concentrate , also i gained weight...."

4 / 10

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Cheryl...
Taken for 1 to 6 months
February 5, 2015

For Epilepsy "Been on Tegretol 200mg twice a day for partial seizures. It's wonderful, it's really helped. I'm down from 10 seizures a day to 8. Have tried everything else hopefully getting there."

10 / 10

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21 Report

Anonymous
December 17, 2010

For Epilepsy "Have been seizure free for 10 years now and the feeling is wonderful."

9 / 10

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24 Report

Anonymous
Taken for 1 to 6 months
October 19, 2013

For Epilepsy "This medicine has given nothing but trouble. Headache, Feeling sick and worse of all I now have a very itchy rash all over my body which is driving me round the bend."

1 / 10

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Lexy
November 9, 2015

For Trigeminal Neuralgia "800 mg of tegretol and still in pain"

7 / 10

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17 Report

Binz
Taken for 1 to 6 months
September 15, 2017

For Schizoaffective Disorder "I became very ill shortly after starting the medication. Unbearable itching as well as yellow jaundice dark urine as well as feeling very unwell"

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cooki...
November 13, 2016

For Bipolar Disorder "I've been on tegretol about 2 weeks and at 1.4 weeks just went up to 600 mgs and dont like the side affects stopping it as of today. taking for bipolar"

5 / 10

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Jay...
November 9, 2015

For Bipolar Disorder "On 400 mg making me very nauseous along with neck and shoulder pain"

6 / 10

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14 Report

Postm...
Taken for 1 to 6 months
August 19, 2016

For Bipolar Disorder "Bad side effects after several months!!"

3 / 10

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12 Report

xxmicxx
May 19, 2008

For Epilepsy "I found ever since I've been on tegretol my seizures have stopped"

10 / 10

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20 Report

gaby_...
February 2, 2009

For Epilepsy "I had my last seizure 6 years ago. I take Tegretol and Topamax 100."

10 / 10

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16 Report

Nampa...
April 6, 2014

For Epilepsy "This is the only medcine I am allergic to. Extreme itching! I couldn't stop taking it too fast. Luckily, it doesn't have a very long half life."

2 / 10

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10 Report

kaysa
January 27, 2009

For Epilepsy "Tegretol gave me my life back - gave me freedom from tremors and seizures. I am a brain tumor patient."

10 / 10

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Anonymous
September 12, 2009

For Epilepsy "It works!"

10 / 10

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Dhani...
Taken for less than 1 month
May 7, 2017

For Epilepsy "Was only one this 3 weeks. Didn't help much and made me nasty. I would go from normal to telling people off. Even family. For no reason at all."

1 / 10

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Anonymous
Taken for 5 to 10 years
July 29, 2021

"I’ve had this prescribed for mood swings and overall it works better than other meds. The first few weeks you may feel drowsy but it goes away once your body is used to it."

9 / 10

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Anonymous
September 17, 2022

For Trigeminal Neuralgia "The amount seems to need to go up according to the pain. I am on 1000g a day and sometimes the pain still pops in now & then"

9 / 10

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Momi
Taken for less than 1 month
November 9, 2017

For Epilepsy "loose of epilepsy control"

1 / 10

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d works
Taken for less than 1 month
December 25, 2015

For Epilepsy "Previously on generic with onset symptoms. Now on Name brand and still transitioning from Aptiom which was not effective in controlling symptoms. Hoping name brand works."

8 / 10

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