Mood stabilizer

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• Markel...

  
  
  
  The exact way in which Trileptal works to reduce seizures is not known, it looks like it blocks a type of nerve transmission involving a specialized pathway called sodium channels. Lithium works to reduce the mood swings seen in people with bipolar disorder by blocking similar pathways involving sodium channels.
  
  
  

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• Derik ...

  
  
  
  Lithium - treatment alone is sometimes not enough to control the mood swings seen in people with bipolar disorder. A number of different classes of drugs including the anticonvulsants are used in addition to or sometimes instead of lithium. Trileptal has been evaluated in several studies involving a small number of patients. About 60% of patients treated with lithium alone, saw mild to moderate improvement in their symptoms when Trileptal was added. Side-effects were a big enough problem that about 25% of the people had to stop taking the Trileptal. Drowsiness was the biggest problem. Dizziness, headache, blurred vision, rash, weight gain and tingling were also reported by the patients.

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