Oxcarbazepine

• Treat partial and complex partial seizures in patients with epilepsy
• Treatment of bipolar disorder (acts as a mood-stabilizing agent)
• Diabetic Neuropathic pain
• Neuralgia/ neuropathy

When should one not use Oxcarbazepine

• If known allergic to the Oxcarbazepine
• Patients with a history of atrioventricular block

Common side effects of this drug are:

• Change in vision
• Change in walking or balance
• Clumsiness or unsteadiness
• Cough, fever, sneezing or sore throat
• Crying
• Dizziness
• Double vision
• False sense of well-being
• Feeling of constant movement of self or surroundings
• Mental depression
• Sensation of spinning
• Uncontrolled back-and-forth or rolling eye movements
• Hyponatremia (low sodium levels)
• Due to low sodium levels in the blood include: frequent seizures, trouble in swallowing and breathing, severe muscle pain, unusual bruising or bleeding, panic attack, feeling agitated or restless

Other General Warnings

• If you have kidney disease
• If you have ever had an allergic reaction to Carbamazepine
• Birth control pills may not work while you are using Oxcarbazepine. To avoid pregnancy, use another form of birth control. Other types include condoms, a diaphragm or contraceptive foam or jelly

How Does It Work?

Interactions with other medicines

• Anti-cancer medicines like Ibrutinib
• Antianginal like Ranolazine
• HIV medications like Tenofavir
• Hepatitis C medicine like Ritonavir
• Phenytoin, Phenobarbital, Carbamazepine, etc

Overdose

Missed a Dose