RE: Tegretol
Nora Blalock (NBlalock(AT)ELPC.org)
Wed, 25 Feb 1998 13:22:47 -0600
Thank you so much for these messages about Tegretol. I have
been taking it for quite a few months but my insurance pays for the
generic brand - "carbamazepine". I take 200 mg, 3x a day. It helps
subside the pain from my slipped disk but does nothing for the pain on
my torso from the TM. Since it did give me some relief, I continued to
take it. But I noticed that for no apparent reason, I began to itch in
2 unusual places. What the heck - we're all adults here -- my rectum
began to itch and the skin (only the epidermis) on my vagina itched
mercilessly. After reading all this mail about Tegratol, I am sure it
is responsible for my itching. Thanks to you all. Now I have something
to bring to my doctor and maybe soon I WON'T ITCH!!! YEA!!!
Nora in Chicago
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Monday, February 23, 1998 8:23 AM
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> Subject: Tegretol
>
> Started the Tegretol this passed Fri. I started itching REAL bad the
> next day
> and Sun. It's was that not bad though this a.m. They say that you may
> get some
> side effects when you first start on it and after you're on it for a
> while
> they can leave. I was up scratching for 2 nights and I don't want to
> go
> through that again!! I'll see what happens today.
>
> Thanks to everyone for responding to my questions about the Tegretol.
> I hope
> it will help my cluster headaches, I am getting fewer right now.
>
> Jan S.