While valproic acid can offer an effective treatment solution for several health conditions including epileptic seizures, there are some issues associated with its use. These include all women of ...

The FDA has notified healthcare professionals and patients about the increased risk of neural tube defects and other major birth defects (eg, craniofacial defects and cardiovascular malformations) in ...

[Posted 12/03/2009] The FDA notified health care professionals and patients about the increased risk of neural tube defects and other major birth defects, such as craniofacial defects and ...

Doctors have discovered a way to extend the short shelf life of donor hearts, which could hopefully make more of the organs available to desperate recipients. Valproic acid (Depakote), which is ...

Medical researchers have reported a truly astounding discovery. Giving the medication valproic acid (trade name, Depakote) to adults may allow the brain to assimilate new skills and learn new concepts ...

(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers at Harvard University has found that the drug Valproate (valproic acid—normally used as a mood stabilizer) appears to offer a reset switch of sorts—those that ...

Valproic acid is an antiepileptic drug that is usually used in the prevention of various types of seizures, although it can also be used for several other alternative indications. Image Credit: ...

Valproic acid (as sodium salt) 250mg/5mL; oral soln. Valproic acid dissociates to the valproate ion in the GI tract. The mechanisms by which valproate exerts its therapeutic effects have not been ...