Carbamazepine (Mazetoil) Test in Chennai

Carbamazepine is a drug used as a part of medication to treat certain seizure disorders also known as epilepsy. This drug is also prescribed to stabilize moods of people suffering from bipolar disease, to control alcohol consumption and ease the withdrawal, and to help alleviate certain types of nerve pain. For the drug to be within a narrow therapeutic limit, the drug is to be monitored and the test used for determining the level of Carbamazepine is Carbamazepine test. The Carbamazepine test is used to both measure and monitor the levels of Carbamazepine drug in the blood. Initially the test is used to start the appropriate dose of the drug to the affected individual and later based on the test the dosage may be increased or decreased so that the blood level makes to the therapeutic range. This test is performed to confirm the drug overdose and drug poisoning and also during and after the treatment of the same.