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Can tegretol cause sleep paralysis?
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Tegretol: Short answer yes. There is narrow window for most antiepileptic drugs. Too much does affect CNS and can cause paralysis but not the sleep paralysis from rem atonia. It tends to cause total muscle paralysis which involves the breathing muscles as well.
Answered 5/10/2017
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Tegretol & paralysis: There have been reports of associated paralysis but the exact relationship to the drug has not been established.
Answered 8/15/2013
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