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Carbamazepine monitoring

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Carol Paton  and
Andrew W. Procter
Carol Paton
Affiliation:
Bexley Hospital, Bexley, Kent DA5 2BW
Andrew W. Procter
Affiliation:
Bexley Hospital, Bexley, Kent DA5 2BW
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Background of the study

Rationale for monitoring carbamazepine levels

Carbamazepine fulfils some of the criteria required in order to render a drug suitable for serum level monitoring in that there is poor inter-individual reproducibility of the serum levels achieved with fixed dosage regimes, interbrand differences in bioavailability are known to occur and serum levels can be raised significantly by several commonly prescribed drugs; dextropropoxyphene (a constituent of coprozamol), erythromycin, isoniazid and cimetidine.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 17 , Issue 12 , December 1993 , pp. 718 - 720
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists 1993

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