A Clinical Study of Toxication Caused by Carbamazepine Abuse in Adolescents

Table 1

Demographic factors and clinical course for first-time and repeat users of carbamazepine.

	First-time users	Repeat users
Gender (male, %)	4 (40%)	3 (42.86%)	0.646
School performance within the last 1/3 range (, %)	4 (40%)	5 (71.43%)	0.218
No supervision of parents (, %)	4 (40%)	5 (71.43%)	0.052
Concomitant medication (, %)	2 (20%)	3 (42.86%)	0.314
Toxic dose (mean, mg)	1470 ± 646	3428 ± 1035	0.001
Sense of euphoria (, %)	2 (20%)	4 (57.14%)	0.145
Time to admission (mean, )	6.5 ± 4.19	10.71 ± 9.63	0.310
GCS < 8 (, %)	3 (30%)	3 (42.86%)	0.484
Convulsion (, %)	3 (30%)	2 (28.57%)	0.686