Tegrital CR Tablets (Generic Carbamazepine ER Tablets) belongs to a group of medicines called anticonvulsants and is used to to control epilepsy, a condition in which there are repeated seizures (fits). There are many different types of seizures, ranging from mild to severe.
This medicine is also used to control sudden, repeated attacks of facial pain, known as trigeminal neuralgia, to control mania, a mental condition with episodes of overactivity, elation or irritability, to control bipolar mood disorder where periods of mania alternate with periods of depression, to control the pain associated with painful diabetic neuropathy, to control diabetes insipidus, a condition where there is excessive thirst and urination and to control the symptoms of alcohol withdrawal syndrome.