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carbamazepine

American  
[kahr-buh-maz-uh-peen] / ˌkɑr bəˈmæz əˌpin /

noun

Pharmacology.
  1. a white to whitish toxic powder, C 15 H 12 N 2 O, used as an analgesic in the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia and as an anticonvulsant.


carbamazepine British  
/ ˌkɑːbəˈmæzəˌpiːn /

noun

  1. an anticonvulsant drug used in the management of epilepsy

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Etymology

Origin of carbamazepine

carbam(oyl) + azepine, components of the chemical name

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Sanchez examined four psychoactive pharmaceuticals frequently detected in treated wastewater: carbamazepine, lamotrigine, amitriptyline, and fluoxetine.

From Science Daily Mar. 15, 2026

She was put on to carbamazepine when she was 19.

From BBC Mar. 29, 2022

Conversely, the antiepilepsy drugs phenytoin and carbamazepine can stimulate production of even more metabolic enzymes than usual.

From Salon Oct. 10, 2021

Lamotrigine, which can be marketed as Lamictal, is listed as a possible cause of SJS, along with other medications used to treat seizures such as carbamazepine and phenytoin.

From Fox News Feb. 12, 2019

But the policy led clinicians to forego prescribing carbamazepine at all and instead they began to prescribe phenytoin.

From Nature Oct. 13, 2015

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