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The Metabolization of Carbamazepine to CBZ-10,11-epoxide in Children From the Newborn Age to Adolescence

The Metabolization of Carbamazepine to CBZ-10,11-epoxide in Children From the Newborn Age to Adolescence

R Korinthenberg, C Haug, D Hannak

Neuropediatrics. 1994 Aug;25(4):214-6.

PMID: 7824094

Abstract:

CBZ-10,11-epoxide is a major metabolite of CBZ. It has anticonvulsive properties and may be responsible for side-effects of CBZ treatment. Fifty-two children between the age of 2 weeks and 15 years were treated with CBZ (mean dosage 17 mg/kg body weight) either as mono- (n = 36) or in polytherapy (n = 16). The drug was delivered as an oral solution, as a nonretarded tablet or, most frequently, as a retarded tablet. The duration of treatment ranged from 1 to 94 months with 23 patients being on treatment for less than 3 months. Blood samples were taken with random timing after the last ingestion of the drug. The relative concentration of CBZ epoxide (expressed in % of CBZ) was higher in infants (median 48.9%) than in older children (median 14.9% in the 12-15-year-old group). A significant linear correlation with age was found (p < 0.001). In addition to young age, polytherapy (p < 0.01) and administration as a nonretarded formulation rather than as a retarded tablet (p < 0.05) induced a higher relative concentration of the epoxide. The relative concentration of the epoxide did not correlate with the serum CBZ concentration and the duration of treatment. Although in our study high epoxide levels were not related to clinical side effects, we recommend that in very young children polytherapy treatment with carbamazepine should be performed with caution and in difficult cases a determination of the epoxide level should be considered.

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Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP36507309-A	Carbamazepine-10,11-epoxide solution		36507-30-9	Price

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