Drug details

Carnexiv (carbamazepine injection)

type of Anticonvulsants, Other

Carnexiv (carbamazepine) injection is an anticonvulsant indicated as replacement therapy for oral carbamazepine formulations, when oral administration is temporarily not feasible, in adults with the following seizure types: partial seizures with complex symptomatology, generalized tonic-clonic seizures, mixed seizure patterns which include the above, or other partial or generalized seizures.

This drug may have the following side effects:

• headache,
• dizziness,
• blurred vision,
• drowsiness,
• double vision,
• infusion-related reaction,
• infusion site pain, and
• anemia.

The following drugs are related to Carnexiv, either as a replacement or used together:

• Dilantin (phenytoin)
• Dilantin 125 (phenytoin oral suspension)
• Dilantin Infatabs (phenytoin tablets)
• Dilantin Kapseals (extended phenytoin sodium capsules)
• Felbatol (felbamate)
• Qudexy XR (topiramate extended-release capsules)
• Topamax (topiramate)
• Trokendi XR (topiramate extended-release capsules)