A consultant neurologist has initiated carbamazepine as part of the epilepsy treatment for a 57-year-old patient. The initial dose of carbamazepine must be slowly titrated up according to the following guidelines: Month One: 1) Carbamazepine 25 mg once daily on alternate days for 14 days2) Carbamazepine 25 mg once daily for 14 days Month Two: 3) Carbamazepine 50 mg once daily for 14 days 4) Maintenance dose of carbamazepine of 100 mg once daily for 14 days. How many 25 mg tablets of carbamazepine are needed for the first 8 weeks of treatment?

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