Difference between revisions of "Combining-Carbamazepine-Lithium"
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Adding lithium to carbamazepine.
General information- Carbamazepine is principally metabolized by CYP3A4, and is a potent inducer of CYP1A2, CYP2C9, CYP3A4 and UDP-glucuronosyltransferases.
- Lithium is eliminated by the kidney for about 95%. Changes in the rate of excretion can cause unwanted effects.
Start lithium
Cave- The combination may rarely cause neurotoxicity without increased plasma levels. [5]
- The combination of these two drugs in generally safe and effective, but it should be avoided for patients with comorbid CNS(central nervous system) disease.[6]
- ↑ WHO Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology ATC=N03AF01
- ↑ Farmacotherapeutisch Kompas; Toxicologie (dutch)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Farmacotherapeutisch Kompas - carbamazepine (dutch)
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- ↑ Marcoux AW. Carbamazepine-lithium drug interaction. Ann Pharmacother 1996;30:547
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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