Carbamazepine (TEGRETOL)

Anticonvulsant treatment

Sample: Serum (taken just before the next dose)

Schedule: Daily

Units: μg/mL

Range: 8 - 12 μg/mL

Remarks: Carbamazepin is a potent antiepileptic drug and is effective alone or with other antiepileptic drugs in partial seizures. Note that the dose of carbamazepine cannot be used as a reliable index for predicting the serum concentration of either total or free carbamazepine serum concentrations in children with epilepsy.

Drug

Therapeutic Range

Toxic Level

Half-Live

Carbamazepine (Tegretol) 8 - 12 μg/mL > 12 μg/mL 15 - 40 hrs
Digitoxin

18 - 35 ng/mL

> 35 ng/mL

150 - 250 hrs

Digoxin

0.8 - 2.0 ng/mL

> 2.0 ng/mL

20 - 60 hrs

Phenobarbital

20 - 40 μg/mL

> 40 μg/mL

50 - 140 hrs

Phenytoin (Epanutin)

10 - 20 μg/mL

> 20 μg/mL

20 - 40 hrs

Valproic Acid (Depakene)

346 - 700 μmol/L

>700 μmol/L

8 - 15 hrs

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The laboratory was established in Nicosia, Cyprus, in 1988 under the name XHMEIO ROUDA, and specializing in both routine and special medical laboratory tests such as HPLC, Immunofluorescence, Hormones, Cancer Markers... more..