Word: tegretol
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Dates: during 1966-1966
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Fewer Operations. At Columbia's famed Neurological Institute, Dr. Amols gave carbamazepine (already marketed in Europe as Tegretol by Geigy Pharmaceuticals) to 97 patients, aged 29 to 89, whose illnesses had lasted from three weeks to 50 years (average: ten years). Many had already had operations of various kinds. No fewer than 41 patients enjoyed relief of pain within a few hours, and many got along on three or four tablets a day. Others needed increased doses. In all, 73 patients benefited greatly from carbamazepine alone; four more improved when a modest dose of Dilantin was added...