Tegretol for Epilepsy User Reviews (Page 2)
Reviews for Tegretol
- Anonymous
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- October 19, 2013
"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."
- xxm...
- May 19, 2008
"I found ever since I've been on Tegretol, my seizures have stopped."
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- vit...
- Taken for 5 to 10 years
- June 2, 2024
"It's very effective for controlling epilepsy. Have been using it for 9 years."
- kay...
- January 27, 2009
"Tegretol gave me my life back - gave me freedom from tremors and seizures. I am a brain tumor patient."
- gab...
- February 2, 2009
"I had my last seizure 6 years ago. I take Tegretol and Topamax 100."
- Nam...
- April 6, 2014
"This is the only medicine I am allergic to. Extreme itching! I couldn't stop taking it too fast. Luckily, it doesn't have a very long half-life."
- Dha...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- May 7, 2017
"Was only on 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."
- Mom...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- November 9, 2017
"loss of epilepsy control"
- d w...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- December 25, 2015
"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."
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"Have been seizure-free for 10 years now, and the feeling is wonderful."