Combining-Carbamazepine-Gabapentin
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Adding gabapentine to carbamazepine.
General information- Carbamazepine is principally metabolized by CYP3A4, and is a potent inducer of CYP1A2, CYP2C9, CYP3A4 and UDP-glucuronosyltransferases.
- Carbamazepine is principally metabolized by CYP3A4 (also CYP2C8), but is also a potent inducer of CYP1A2, CYP3A4 and UDP-glucuronosyltransferases.
- Gabapentine is eliminated unchanged by the kidney for 100%.
- This combination of drugs may have possible synergistic effects. There are no reports for pharmacokinetic drug interactions. [5]
Start gabapentine- Start gabapentine according to the general dosing advice.
Cave- Central nervous system- and/or respiratory-depressant effects may be additively or synergistically increased in patients taking multiple drugs that cause these effects. [6]
- ↑ WHO Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology ATC=N03AF01
- ↑ Farmacotherapeutisch Kompas; Toxicologie (dutch)
- ↑ Farmacotherapeutisch Kompas - carbamazepine (dutch)
- ↑ KNMP; Informatorium Medicamentorum 2023; Monografie "carbamazepine" (Dutch)
- ↑ Freeman et al. Mood stabilizer Combinations: A Review of Safety and Efficacy. Am J Psychiatry 1998;155:12-21
- ↑ Interactions between carbamazepine and gabapentine on drugs.com
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