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Bipolar illness and neuropathic pain can both be effectively treated with the use of the antiepileptic medicine carbamazepine (CBZ), which is also a common AED. As a result of its agonistic actions on GABA receptors, it may also modify synaptic transmission and boost sodium channel inactivation. The pharmacokinetics of carbamazepine are characterised by a high plasma protein binding, excellent bioavailability, and self-metabolism resulting in enhanced clearance. The primary metabolite, carbamazepine-epoxide (CBZ-E), has completed generation and undergoes two steps of elimination. It can be tough to establish dose-response correlations since the pharmacodynamic interactions of carbamazepine with other AEDs might be complicated. In especially with AEDs that induce enzymes, carbamazepine has a number of medication interactions. Consequences of carbamazepine include fatigue, nausea, vomiting, reduced blood cell counts, hypersensitivity responses, and other symptoms including dizziness and involuntary muscular movements. however, these adverse reactions are often dose-related and less frequent when using monotherapy. A patient should avoid using carbamazepine if they have a certain medical history or are taking another medicine at the same time.