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Who should not take Felbatol?: Intermediate

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New comprehensive downloadable medication sheet
  • Additional information on this drug and how to use it.
  • A starting point for discussion with your doctor.
  • Answers to frequently asked questions.

Before deciding to use Felbatol, read Serious Side Effects here and ask your doctor or pharmacist for more extensive written information.

Everyone considering the use of Felbatol should read the box warning in the package insert. Because of the risk of fatal aplastic anemia and hepatitis, use should be reserved for patients in whom the risk-benefit ratio is favorable.

People who are allergic to felbamate or to other medicines in the same family, called carbamates, should not take Felbatol. Neither should people who have had any liver disease, blood disorder, or autoimmune disease.


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