Try Googling.

Mary

I was going to suggest your Pharmacy might have the manufacturer's www
address, but it might be in German too, unless they have the N.America link.
  The (U.S.)  Ep. Foundation of America has a Medications Glossary at
http://efa.org   .    I think you scroll to the medications index, then type
in either Carbamazepine  (*note N.America spelling)  or Tegretol   The
retard version is similar to our XR or CR   (extended release/ controlled
release)  versions.
   (I don't know what that second name is behind the 'dash'  unless that's
just the Manufacturer over there?)
I originally used 400mg Tegretol CR each AM and night, after starting in
1994 at lower dose of about 200mg each and adding more each time I had
seizures.   My use was changed ~1996 to just AM with a second (newer pill)
added first at night, then with the AM dose.

   Some things I learned or got from my pharmacy (that should be on above
site too) -->

 Follow the dosing rate the Doctor has set out for AM and night time doses
(if you take them 2 times)-> when they do bloodwork they will assume you
follow the rate they prescribed, so if you take more or less than
recommended dose rate the blood readings will be misleading to them, and
they might Raise or Lower your dose, outside of what's right for you.
Whenever you Raise or Lower a dose the Dr. should tell you how to do that
and it's often done over a period of Days to Weeks to prevent sudden (what I
call)  'recoil seizures'  -- more on that below.

   Take it with Milk, Food or Juice and swallow whole.  *Note do *not  use
Grapefruit Juice or any Juice blends which contain it.  One of the acids
interferes with absorption of the Tegretol (carbamazepine).
   Also do not use any upset stomach remedies or other over the counter
cold medicines without showing them to the Pharmacist who fills your
prescriptions.   Some of those contain Alcohol or other chemicals that might
interfere with stable blood levels.
   Note on above paragraph -- alcohol  (wine, beer, etc.)  has a non-linear
footprint with Tegretol.  So one drink may seem like 1, 2 like ~4, 3 like
~6?  and the alcohol can **Also interfere with your Med. control you
achieve.  Better to avoid it, or if you get stable levels, some people have
used low alcohol drinks on occasion.  *I don't.

   Do *not stop taking it abruptly, and only change doses on advice of your
Doctor or with their supervision.  Abrupt stopping risks producing (what I
call)  'recoil seizures',  where the effect might be stronger than if you
weren't using any medications at all.

   **Some people may experience effects on calcium levels that might affect
bones etc.   This usually would show up First in your teeth.   So my
Medication script said to tell all *Doctors and *Dentists that I'm using it.
My Dentist changed my checkup rate from each 6 months to each *4.   Since
1994 I haven't had any problems with it, once I got to a stable dose level
that worked and stopped using juices from time to time like I listed above
(grapefruit).
   I found it a Stable, Reliable control for Complex Partial (Temporal
Lobe)  seizures, and have been using it since then.    If you have trouble
finding information on that link above, reply here or email me and I'll see
if I can find the other websites I once had on Tegretol  (it *may not be in
this computer).
   Your Pharmacist may also have the Manufacturer's website  too, if you
want more than efa has .

  I found things to avoid etc. on the efa site, in more detail than the
1-page I got from my Pharmacy,  but the latter had the instructions of what
to avoid and how to use it.  (They added grapefruit after I took the efa.
printout, showing that there should have been an advisory about that.)     /
G.

Sie wohnen in Deutschland und Sie kann nicht Deutsch sprecken! Warum
nicht? Es ist besser das Sie Deutsch lernen.

I'm just kidding you of course. Gaross has covered most of this pretty
well. You're just getting a 300mg controlled release version of the drug
and it's the same as anything you would get in Canada or the US. The
rest is simply the name of the German manufacturer.

For information in English, go to
http://www.rxlist.com/ to do a lookup and/or to
http://www.epilepsy.com/sitemap/map_medicine_available.html

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask.

Bob

Hi again Kenny

Here's hoping that you found information that you were comfortable with
from the leads that Mary, Gaross, & I gave you. Please let us know as
there is more info out there plus people here who use
carbamazapine/Carbatrol/Tegretol. Please also accept my apologies for my
clumsy attempt at ironic humor. In retrospect, it wasn't very funny.

Bob