FDA Advisory: Trileptal (oxcarbazepine) May Cause Serious Dermatological Reactions

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tom349825672345678@4ax.com.invalid - 22 Apr 2005 07:50 GMT

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Cheeky Bastard - 22 Apr 2005 16:16 GMT

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Ummmmm thanks for the great news I guess. NOT!
I'm not going to freak over this but just Emailed my doctor and called the
manufacture to get all the details.
I only take 75mg of the stuff at night.

CB

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PIPER - 24 Apr 2005 05:25 GMT

What does this mean?

I am on trileptal 600mg 2xs a day.

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Cheeky Bastard - 24 Apr 2005 15:31 GMT

> What does this mean?
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> I am on trileptal 600mg 2xs a day.

The manufacture's scientist called me back and told me in rare cases some
people broke out with a rash in the 1st 3 weeks of taking it.
It is possible to happen down the road but doubtful. My only side affect
was feeling like I was kicked in the head for a week.

CB

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Vashti - 24 Apr 2005 11:12 GMT

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> Ummmmm thanks for the great news I guess. NOT!

Hey Cheeky,

I took the OP as spam for this guy's blog as it was posted to multiple
groups not just the three listed this in one, he seems to have posted to
sets of three groups at a time. I doubt he'll follow up to any replies.

> I'm not going to freak over this but just Emailed my doctor and called the
> manufacture to get all the details.

I found a more informative article via a Google News search:
http://www.medadnews.com/News/index.cfm?articleid=231107

It looks to me as if the skin reactions would occur at the *start* of
treatment if they're going to. I'm not sure about the other addition to
the "Precautions" section but I think you're right not to freak about
it: most meds have really scary things listed as *potential* side
effects, don't they?

> I only take 75mg of the stuff at night.

If you've been using it a while there's probably no risk for these new
warnings, and you know not to just stop taking it don't you? There are
folks who'll just stop a med after reading something online even with
meds that you can't "just" quit taking... hope no one does that due to
this guy's post! :/

Vashti

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Cheeky Bastard - 24 Apr 2005 15:33 GMT

I was freaked because IT WORKS FOR ME and couldn't think of switching at
this point.

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