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Besides epilepsy, what else is oxcarbazepine used for?: Basic

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Often doctors find that medicines are useful for more than one purpose. It is legal to prescribe medicines for "off-label uses" even though the FDA has not formally approved such use.

Like Tegretol or Carbatrol, oxcarbazepine also can be used to treat a type of facial pain called trigeminal neuralgia (tic douloureux) and to stabilize mood in patients with the mental illness called bipolar (manic-depressive) disorder. Neither use is approved by the FDA.

Reviewed by Steven C. Schachter, MD
Submitted: 01/03/08


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