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I was poking around and found something interesting about tegratol for seizures. It is also used for treatment of neurological Pain, ie headaches. .
More info in the link below.
http://bmb.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/47/3/644
More info in the link below.
http://bmb.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/47/3/644
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Hi I was put on tegretol as a combination drug and for me I found it did not do the headaches but did the neuropathy . I was grand mal seizing at that time .
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Did not understand what I read but am interested in getting rid of these stupid headaches. Don't have seizures though. Thanks for the info.
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I knew of someone that was put on it after having a below-the-knee amputation. Not seizure related purposes.
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