I received a call from a mother of 8 1/2 month old. Baby has 2 meals of solids daily, breastfeeds 6-8 times. Mother takes tegretol, but her EEG shows persistent seizure activity, particularly with sleep deprivation. Mother's neurologist wants her to take carbatrol 300mg twice a day (She currently takes tegretol 400mg in the am,200mg at bedtime). I wasn't able to find it in Hale. MD stated it is a long-acting carbamazepine, states it is safe to breastfeed with this drug. It was my understanding that time-released drugs should be avoided while breastfeeding. Does anyone have info re: carbatrol? *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html