Tegretol grapefruit juice might increase how much carbamazepine tegretol the body absorbs.
Information about Tegretol.
Substantial evidence of Tegretol’s effectiveness for use in the management of children with epilepsysee INDICATIONS AND USAGE for specific seizure typesis derived from clinical investigations performed in adults and from studies in several in vitro systems which support the conclusion that1the pathogenetic mechanisms underlying seizure propagation are essentially identical in adults and childrenand2the mechanism of action of carbamazepine in treating seizures is essentially identical in adults and children.
Since a given dose of Tegretol suspension will produce higher peak levels than the same dose given as the tabletit is recommended that patients given the suspension be started on lower doses and increased slowly to avoid unwanted side effects