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Question:
Carbamazepine (Tegretol) is used for both bipolar disease and epilepsy. Lithium is used to treat bipolar disease. Olanzapine–Fluoxetine is indicated for bipolar disease and depression. And, risperidone is indicated for the treatment of schizophrenia.
Carbamazepine is a mood stabilizer that works by changing the levels of certain chemicals in the brain. Carbamazepine is also an anticonvulsant, which means that it can prevent seizures.
Carbamazepine is typically used to treat acute manic and mixed episodes in bipolar disorder. It can also be used to prevent manic or mixed episodes from occurring in people who have bipolar disorder.
Carbamazepine is also used to treat a variety of seizure types in epilepsy, including partial seizures, generalized tonic-clonic seizures (grand mal seizures), and mixed seizure patterns.
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