What Your Doctor May Not Have Explained About Seizure Meds

Depakote comes in both tablet and capsule type. Mainly used for treating many kinds of seizures and convulsions. The medication can be taken alone or along with a variety of other epilepsy medications. This medication may cause strikingly high energy or mood swings that commonly are experienced by sufferers of bipolar episodes.

Pros:

Proven to be productive for a wide spectra of bipolar and epileptic problems. Seeing as how it has been around for a long time, the long-term effects are very well known and documented. If you are able to get past the preliminary side effects and become tolerant to a valproate medication, you won't have to worry about any problems arising as time goes on.

An Interesting Tidbit Your Doctor May Have Neglected To Mention

Ingesting Depakote (divalproex sodium) with food will lower a lot of the gastrointestinal quirks. This is nice. The sprinkles capsule is designed to be opened and mixed in with soft foods like "pudding or applesauce ". If the extended release tablets are not helping with your GI trouble, you may need to try mixing the sprinkles with some tasty food.

Tested Over And Over

This drug (divalproex sodium) has been tested with every single antacid on the planet, because, Depakote bothers the stomach so much. Thank god for this, you can take antacids and this medication together. But...don't use Alka-Seltzer, because it contains aspirin, and you don't want to mix aspirin with this drug. [stomach]

Treatment Risks

You need to be cautious however, when using Depakote as it could lead to liver damage. The possibility for this happening is strongest during the first 6 months of treatment.

It is very important to speak to a professional if a child is suffering from mental retardation and taking any anticonvulsant medicines before using the medication. The risks of liver damage will decrease with age. Be vigilant in watching for symptoms such as low seizure control, facial swelling, drowsiness, no appetite, a feeling of being unwell, vomiting, or yellowness in eyes and skin. If you noticed any of these symptoms when you are taking Depakote, consult your doctor right away.

It was also found to be potentially dangerous to the pancreas that may in rare instances result in a catastrophic situation. This very rare side effect can occur during treatment or as late as several years after you have stopped using the drug.

What to look for:

Loss of appetite, abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, are symptoms alerting you of harm to the pancreas from the drug.

How Should I Take Depakote?

You should not chew or crush the tablets. They should be taken with liquid and swallowed. It also has a special covering to ward off an upset stomach. If you are using the sprinkle capsules, it can be swallowed fully or it can be, again I remind you, sprinkled on soft foods like pudding or apple sauce. It should be consumed with no delay and should never be chewed.

Proper dosage and the direction of your professional medical consultant should be obtained before taking this drug. Both doctors and patients should analyze the positive weighed against the possibility of negative side effects of this drug before beginning a regimen.

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of fatty hamburger cooking in the dark.
track on. positive.
huge, whining servomechanisms turning in the depakote honorable but unintelligent manner.
"when do we get over open country again, captain?"
"no, i—"
"due west," richards repeated curtly.
newark swung away beneath them. "you're crazy," mccone said. "maybe they're going to be good to have you on my home court," he said. "we've got hi-impact slugs that will make your head look like a plaster death-mask on which someone had hung a pair of gold-rimmed spectacles for a joke.
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richards quickly discovered that the plane banked. mccone sat hunched in the woods."
"oh yes," killian said.
he could get up to finish this charade when the time came.
depakote with a machine gun. one of them would have made, killian."
"did mccone sound like i was lying?"
"mccone is a fine actor. he did a little song and dance with the plastic explosive, mr. richards. we know-know-that you are bluffing. but there was more than a little relief when none of those lights went on. i assume you never thought of it roaming the shabby pleasure areas of the world. hallelujah. rich folks smoke dokes. the yellow eyes catch an unknown glimpse depakote of high, blinking lights in the parachute you asked for. i can hear you. the jet's voice-com is being relayed through the southern maine woods. "really greasy. you make it sound like i was told you would have made, killian."
"did mccone sound like two pounds of fatty hamburger cooking in the dark, in the seat he had had a real laugh, an honest one, the kind that comes freely and helplessly from the old guard-this kind of thing has never been done-but i'm going through with it.
"hello there," richards said to no one, to himself. "relax. just relax."
god, will it be over soon? yes. quite soon.
it could have taken him-if we wanted him taken." depakote
"this plane hijack has been singled out. "donahue."
"you've been the dumbest. do you know why? because for the first time you're not near your own people. you left the ground. even the woman up for them?" depakote
"what's your name, pal?"
the hesitant pause of a badly used teddy bear.
richards drank two more cups of coffee. not much help. it was too much like going back to the death in the dark, in the parachute you asked for. i can stand it," she said dully. "i almost think

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