Valproic Acid Treatment Report
Most Popular Brands: Depakene, Magnesium Dipropylacetate
See also: Atemperator, Depakote, Depakote ER, Depakote Sprinkles, Divalproex sodium, Epilim, Epival, Novo-Divalproex, Orfiril, Valproate Sodium
What is Valproic Acid?
Valproic acid is an anticonvulsant used to treat certain types of seizures. It is also used to treat mania in bipolar disorder, and to prevent migraines.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treat my mood condition(s) | 9 | 0 | |||||
| Other | 3 |
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1 | ||||
| Support another treatment | 2 |
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1 | ||||
| manic depression | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Epilepsy | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Migraine | 1 | 0 |
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Side Effects
Dosages
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Side effects too severe
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2 | 67% |
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Did not seem to work
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1 | 33% |
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Personal research
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1 | 33% |
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Doctor's advice
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1 | 33% |
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Other
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1 | 33% |
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Patient Evaluations
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- SaMaNtHa20
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: mild
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: mild
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: mild
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- SaMaNtHa20
- 500 mg daily
- since May 23, 2009
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Efficacy
Can't tell
for Other
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Side Effects
Mild
- Advice/Tips For the amount this medication costs I couldn't really tell that it worked as well as the Amitriptyline did. See full evaluation
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Report created on November 22, 2009.