SODIUM VALPROATE GASTRO
WHAT SODIUM VALPROATE GASTRO-RESISTANT TABLETS IS
The name of your medicine is Sodium Valproate gasiro-resistant tablets 200, 300 and 500 mg gastro-resistant tablets. “Gastro-resistant’ means that the absorption of the medication is delay until the active substance reaches the small intestine.
WHAT SODIUM VALPROATE GASTRO-RESISTANT TABLETS CONTAINS
Sodium Valproate gastro-resistant tablets contains sodium valproate. It belongs to group of medicines called anticonmulsants or antkepleptic agents it works by helping to calm the brain down.
WHAT SODIUM VALPROATE GASTRO-RESISTANT TABLETS IS USED FOR
Sodium Valproate gastro-resistant tablets is used to treat epilepsy (fits) in adults and children.
MECHANISM OF ACTION
- Sodium valproate is an anti-convulsant.
- The most likely mode of action for sodium valproate is potentiation of the inhibitory action of gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA) through an action on the further synthesis or further metabolism of GABA.
INDICATIONS
- Use as monotherapy or adjunctive therapy in the management of complex partial seizures and simple or complex absence seizures.
- Adjunctive therapy in the management of multiple seizure types that include absence seizures.
- Prophylaxis of migraine headaches.
- Acute management of mania associated with bipolar disorder.
