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Frequently used antiepileptic drug with a structure very similar to tricyclic antidepressants.
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Epilepsy, zoster neuralgia, trigeminal neuralgia.
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- Cutaneous side effects: Frequent (3-16% of patients) urticaria, pruritus or exanthema, usually occurring about 4 weeks (7 days - 3 months) after the start of therapy. Rarely exfoliative dermatitis, erythroderma, Lyell syndrome, photosensitivity, erythema exsudativum multiforme, erythema nodosum, purpura, lupus erythematodes disseminatus, alopecia, hyperpigmentation, acne medicamentosa. Stevens-Johnson syndrome in 1/5,000-1/10,000 patients.
- Extracutaneous side effects: fatigue, loss of appetite, headache, nausea, dizziness, cardiac arrhythmia.
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Enzyme induction in the liver with consecutive acceleration of degradation of other preparations.
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Tegretal
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