RNAgent’s Drug Interaction Database indexes and lists prescription drugs and their interactions with herbal supplements. Search by letter or keyword to find a prescription drug and its interactions with herbal and natural ingredients.
Carbamazepine
- Avoid alcohol
- Facts and Comparisons, Clinisphere 2.0, Wolters Kluwer Company, 2000
- Take with food or milk to avoid stomach upset.
- Pronsky, Z Food Medication Interactions, 11th edition, 1999.
- Grapefruit juice may interact with the drug, avoid taking together.
- Pronsky, Z Food Medication Interactions, 11th edition, 1999.
- Garg SK, et al. "Effect of grapefruit juice on carbamazepine bioavaiolability in patients with epilepsy." Clin Pharmacol Ther, 1998; 64: 286-88.
- Long term use of anticonvulsants like carbamazepine may decrease biotin levels in the body.
- Mock DM, Dyken ME. Biotin catabolism is accelerated in adults receiving long-term therapy with anticonvulsants. Neurology 1997;49:1444-47.
- Mock DM, Mock NI, Nelson RP, Lombard KA. Disturbances in biotin metabolism in children undergoing long-term anticonvulsant therapy. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 1998;26:245-50.
- Ginkgo seed may interact with anticonvulsants, because of its seizure potential.
- Newall CA, Anderson LA, Phillipson JD. Herbal Medicines: A Guide for Health-care Professionals. London: The Pharmaceutical Press, 1996
- Psyllium can interact with carbamazepine and should not be used together.
- Etman M. Effect of a bulk forming laxative on the bioavailablility of caramazepine in man. Drug Devel Indus Pharm, 1995; 21:1901-906