Posted by zero on April 2, 2005, at 22:55:44
In reply to Re: Trileptal Vs Tegretol Experiences » zero, posted by ed_uk on March 30, 2005, at 19:10:34
Hi Ed,Thanks for your post. I think you're right, that it hasn't been very well studied (at least not in USA where I am, or most other places). Though, I've read that it has been pretty well studied in Germany and is widely used there (as is St. John's Wort - funny, different countries seem to have very different meds. preferences).
Trileptal seems to be like a "Tegretol lite" in some ways.
But the fact that it doesn't have Tegretol's heavy CYP450 effect, makes it worth checking out at least.
Regards to you,
Don
> Hi!
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> >Trileptal was "activating", lifted my mood a bit, but exacerbated my mixed states and didn't help at all with anxiety like Tegretol did.
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> It would be fair to say that the effectiveness of Trileptal in bipolar disorder hasn't been particularly well studied yet- Tegretol is a better established anti-manic.
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> Regards,
> Ed.
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